A Rural Self-Employment Training Institute giving rural youth one to six week courses, with food and lodging covered.
Harda disburses ₹30,113 in small business loans per lakh population. The district trains 322.9 youth per lakh under short-term skilling, better than the typical district. The Rural Self Employment Training Institute prepares rural youth to use credit like this to start their own enterprise.
82% of registered enterprises are in services while 18% are in manufacturing. Only 4% of employment is in small and medium enterprises. Only 49% of school-age children are enrolled in higher secondary school (classes 9–12).
In Harda, which ranks 14 of 55 in Madhya Pradesh for youth opportunity, the overall opportunity score is 45.2 out of 100. On skilling trainees who get certified at 94.5%, self-employed workers at 60.1%, women-owned enterprises at 18.4% and young people in the labour force aged 15 to 29 at 44.8%, it sits close to the national mark.