A Rural Self-Employment Training Institute giving rural youth one to six week courses, with food and lodging covered.
Kolhapur disburses ₹38,521 in small business loans per lakh population. The district trains 242.1 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.
64% of registered enterprises are in services while 36% are in manufacturing. Only 5% of employment is in small and medium enterprises. 82% of school-age children are enrolled in higher secondary school (classes 9–12).
In Kolhapur, which ranks 8 of 36 in Maharashtra for youth opportunity, the overall opportunity score is 50.3 out of 100. On skilling trainees who get certified at 93.1%, self-employed workers at 56.2%, women-owned enterprises at 40% and young people in the labour force aged 15 to 29 at 44.3%, it sits close to the national mark.