A Rural Self-Employment Training Institute giving rural youth one to six week courses, with food and lodging covered.
Angul disburses ₹47,903 in small business loans per lakh population. The district trains 101.4 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 5% of employment is in small and medium enterprises. 70% of school-age children are enrolled in higher secondary school (classes 9–12).
In Angul, which ranks 8 of 30 in Odisha for youth opportunity, the overall opportunity score is 45.9 out of 100. On skilling trainees who get certified at 96.8%, self-employed workers at 55.1%, women-owned enterprises at 26.3% and young people in the labour force aged 15 to 29 at 44.6%, it sits close to the national mark.