A Rural Self-Employment Training Institute giving rural youth one to six week courses, with food and lodging covered.
Raichur disburses ₹41,095 in small business loans per lakh population. The district trains 85.7 youth per lakh under short-term skilling, behind the typical district. The Rural Self Employment Training Institute prepares rural youth to use credit like this to start their own enterprise.
85% of registered enterprises are in services while 15% are in manufacturing. Only 8% of employment is in small and medium enterprises. 67% of school-age children are enrolled in higher secondary school (classes 9–12).
In Raichur, which ranks 30 of 31 in Karnataka for youth opportunity, the overall opportunity score is 42.8 out of 100. It trails the national picture on self-employed workers at 68.6%. On skilling trainees who get certified at 93.8%, women-owned enterprises at 48.1% and young people in the labour force aged 15 to 29 at 47.3%, it sits close to the national mark.