A Rural Self-Employment Training Institute giving rural youth one to six week courses, with food and lodging covered.
Sambalpur disburses ₹56,219 in small business loans per lakh population. The district trains 99.6 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 6% of employment is in small and medium enterprises. 79% of school-age children are enrolled in higher secondary school (classes 9–12).
In Sambalpur, which ranks 7 of 30 in Odisha for youth opportunity, the overall opportunity score is 47.6 out of 100. It runs ahead of the national picture on self-employed workers at 49.4% and young people in the labour force aged 15 to 29 at 61.5%. On skilling trainees who get certified at 94.8% and women-owned enterprises at 34.5%, it sits close to the national mark.