A Rural Self-Employment Training Institute giving rural youth one to six week courses, with food and lodging covered.
Idukki disburses ₹25,655 in small business loans per lakh population. The district trains 51.4 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.
76% of registered enterprises are in services while 24% are in manufacturing. Only 6% of employment is in small and medium enterprises. 82% of school-age children are enrolled in higher secondary school (classes 9–12).
In Idukki, which ranks 14 of 15 in Kerala for youth opportunity, the overall opportunity score is 53.6 out of 100. The district runs ahead of the national picture on self-employed workers at 31.2%, while it lags on young people in the labour force aged 15 to 29 at 40.2%. On skilling trainees who get certified at 100% and women-owned enterprises at 23.2%, it sits close to the national mark.