A Rural Self-Employment Training Institute giving rural youth one to six week courses, with food and lodging covered.
Anuppur disburses ₹19,251 in small business loans per lakh population. The district trains 115.2 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 2% of employment is in small and medium enterprises. Only 56% of school-age children are enrolled in higher secondary school (classes 9–12).
In Anuppur, which ranks 8 of 55 in Madhya Pradesh for youth opportunity, the overall opportunity score is 46.5 out of 100. On skilling trainees who get certified at 97%, self-employed workers at 60.6%, women-owned enterprises at 16.9% and young people in the labour force aged 15 to 29 at 50.8%, it sits close to the national mark.