A Rural Self-Employment Training Institute giving rural youth one to six week courses, with food and lodging covered.
Pune disburses ₹32,007 in small business loans per lakh population. The district trains 217.6 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.
80% of registered enterprises are in services while 20% are in manufacturing. Only 7% of employment is in small and medium enterprises. 100% of school-age children are enrolled in higher secondary school (classes 9–12).
In Pune, which ranks 4 of 36 in Maharashtra for youth opportunity, the overall opportunity score is 57.5 out of 100. It runs ahead of the national picture on self-employed workers at 33.5% and young people in the labour force aged 15 to 29 at 52.1%. On skilling trainees who get certified at 91.9% and women-owned enterprises at 36.9%, it sits close to the national mark.