A Rural Self-Employment Training Institute giving rural youth one to six week courses, with food and lodging covered.
Chandrapur disburses ₹16,366 in small business loans per lakh population. The district trains 132.2 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.
73% of registered enterprises are in services while 27% are in manufacturing. Only 4% of employment is in small and medium enterprises. 74% of school-age children are enrolled in higher secondary school (classes 9–12).
In Chandrapur, which ranks 15 of 36 in Maharashtra for youth opportunity, the overall opportunity score is 47.2 out of 100. The district runs ahead of the national picture on self-employed workers at 29.4%, while it lags on young people in the labour force aged 15 to 29 at 36%. On skilling trainees who get certified at 96.1% and women-owned enterprises at 27.6%, it sits close to the national mark.