A Rural Self-Employment Training Institute giving rural youth one to six week courses, with food and lodging covered.
Indore disburses ₹50,045 in small business loans per lakh population. The district trains 813 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.
76% of registered enterprises are in services while 24% are in manufacturing. Only 10% of employment is in small and medium enterprises. 80% of school-age children are enrolled in higher secondary school (classes 9–12).
In Indore, which ranks 2 of 55 in Madhya Pradesh for youth opportunity, the overall opportunity score is 52 out of 100. The district runs ahead of the national picture on self-employed workers at 46.2%, while it lags on young people in the labour force aged 15 to 29 at 41%. On skilling trainees who get certified at 94.2% and women-owned enterprises at 28%, it sits close to the national mark.