A Rural Self-Employment Training Institute giving rural youth one to six week courses, with food and lodging covered.
Shivamogga disburses ₹69,193 in small business loans per lakh population. The district trains 291.8 youth per lakh under short-term skilling, close to the typical district. The Rural Self Employment Training Institute prepares rural youth to use credit like this to start their own enterprise.
77% of registered enterprises are in services while 23% are in manufacturing. Only 5% of employment is in small and medium enterprises. 73% of school-age children are enrolled in higher secondary school (classes 9–12).
In Shivamogga, which ranks 20 of 31 in Karnataka for youth opportunity, the overall opportunity score is 46.8 out of 100. The district runs ahead of the national picture on self-employed workers at 40.1%, while it lags on young people in the labour force aged 15 to 29 at 42.3%. On skilling trainees who get certified at 97.2% and women-owned enterprises at 24.8%, it sits close to the national mark.