A Rural Self-Employment Training Institute giving rural youth one to six week courses, with food and lodging covered.
Gajapati disburses ₹21,291 in small business loans per lakh population. The district trains 572.5 youth per lakh under short-term skilling, better than the typical district. The Rural Self Employment Training Institute prepares rural youth to use credit like this to start their own enterprise.
79% of registered enterprises are in services while 21% are in manufacturing. Only 2% of employment is in small and medium enterprises. 74% of school-age children are enrolled in higher secondary school (classes 9–12).
In Gajapati, which ranks 13 of 30 in Odisha for youth opportunity, the overall opportunity score is 44.3 out of 100. It trails the national picture on self-employed workers at 71.2% and young people in the labour force aged 15 to 29 at 41.5%. On skilling trainees who get certified at 97.7% and women-owned enterprises at 15.7%, it sits close to the national mark.