A Rural Self-Employment Training Institute giving rural youth one to six week courses, with food and lodging covered.
Dhule disburses ₹26,100 in small business loans per lakh population. The district trains 102.7 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.
78% of registered enterprises are in services while 22% are in manufacturing. Only 4% of employment is in small and medium enterprises. 82% of school-age children are enrolled in higher secondary school (classes 9–12).
In Dhule, which ranks 33 of 36 in Maharashtra for youth opportunity, the overall opportunity score is 41.2 out of 100. On skilling trainees who get certified at 97.1%, self-employed workers at 63.3%, women-owned enterprises at 34.9% and young people in the labour force aged 15 to 29 at 45.8%, it sits close to the national mark.