A Rural Self-Employment Training Institute giving rural youth one to six week courses, with food and lodging covered.
Jharsuguda disburses ₹61,849 in small business loans per lakh population. The district trains 4.1 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.
85% of registered enterprises are in services while 15% are in manufacturing. Only 8% of employment is in small and medium enterprises. 65% of school-age children are enrolled in higher secondary school (classes 9–12).
In Jharsuguda, which ranks 2 of 30 in Odisha for youth opportunity, the overall opportunity score is 51.8 out of 100. It runs ahead of the national picture on self-employed workers at 46.5% and young people in the labour force aged 15 to 29 at 59.8%. On skilling trainees who get certified at 100% and women-owned enterprises at 46.9%, it sits close to the national mark.