A Rural Self-Employment Training Institute giving rural youth one to six week courses, with food and lodging covered.
Sundargarh disburses ₹40,391 in small business loans per lakh population. The district trains 107.6 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.
83% of registered enterprises are in services while 17% are in manufacturing. Only 10% of employment is in small and medium enterprises. 74% of school-age children are enrolled in higher secondary school (classes 9–12).
In Sundargarh, which ranks 3 of 30 in Odisha for youth opportunity, the overall opportunity score is 49.8 out of 100. It runs ahead of the national picture on self-employed workers at 47.2%. On skilling trainees who get certified at 91.8%, women-owned enterprises at 40.3% and young people in the labour force aged 15 to 29 at 51%, it sits close to the national mark.