A Rural Self-Employment Training Institute giving rural youth one to six week courses, with food and lodging covered.
Mahe disburses ₹44,956 in small business loans per lakh population. The district trains 3,226.8 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.
78% of registered enterprises are in services while 22% are in manufacturing. Only 19% of employment is in small and medium enterprises. 74% of school-age children are enrolled in higher secondary school (classes 9–12).
In Mahe, which ranks 2 of 15 in Puducherry for youth opportunity, the overall opportunity score is 61.6 out of 100. The district runs ahead of the national picture on self-employed workers at 31.6%, while it lags on young people in the labour force aged 15 to 29 at 41.7%. On skilling trainees who get certified at 96.4% and women-owned enterprises at 20.1%, it sits close to the national mark.