A Rural Self-Employment Training Institute giving rural youth one to six week courses, with food and lodging covered.
Ujjain disburses ₹35,835 in small business loans per lakh population. The district trains 452.3 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.
79% of registered enterprises are in services while 21% are in manufacturing. Only 3% of employment is in small and medium enterprises. Only 52% of school-age children are enrolled in higher secondary school (classes 9–12).
In Ujjain, which ranks 24 of 55 in Madhya Pradesh for youth opportunity, the overall opportunity score is 44 out of 100. It runs ahead of the national picture on young people in the labour force aged 15 to 29 at 60%. On skilling trainees who get certified at 93.8%, self-employed workers at 60.4% and women-owned enterprises at 22.9%, it sits close to the national mark.