A Rural Self-Employment Training Institute giving rural youth one to six week courses, with food and lodging covered.
Khandwa disburses ₹30,506 in small business loans per lakh population. The district trains 301.4 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.
83% of registered enterprises are in services while 17% are in manufacturing. Only 4% of employment is in small and medium enterprises. Only 51% of school-age children are enrolled in higher secondary school (classes 9–12).
In Khandwa, which ranks 29 of 55 in Madhya Pradesh for youth opportunity, the overall opportunity score is 43.1 out of 100. It runs ahead of the national picture on young people in the labour force aged 15 to 29 at 58.5%. On skilling trainees who get certified at 97%, self-employed workers at 58.8% and women-owned enterprises at 30.5%, it sits close to the national mark.