A Rural Self-Employment Training Institute giving rural youth one to six week courses, with food and lodging covered.
Raigad disburses ₹19,604 in small business loans per lakh population. The district trains 111.5 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.
82% of registered enterprises are in services while 18% are in manufacturing. Only 4% of employment is in small and medium enterprises. 86% of school-age children are enrolled in higher secondary school (classes 9–12).
In Raigad, which ranks 5 of 36 in Maharashtra for youth opportunity, the overall opportunity score is 52.6 out of 100. It runs ahead of the national picture on self-employed workers at 35%. On skilling trainees who get certified at 93.8%, women-owned enterprises at 27.2% and young people in the labour force aged 15 to 29 at 44.7%, it sits close to the national mark.