A Rural Self-Employment Training Institute giving rural youth one to six week courses, with food and lodging covered.
Barnala disburses ₹33,309 in small business loans per lakh population. The district trains 553.5 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.
70% of registered enterprises are in services while 30% are in manufacturing. Only 3% of employment is in small and medium enterprises. 85% of school-age children are enrolled in higher secondary school (classes 9–12).
In Barnala, which ranks 11 of 23 in Punjab for youth opportunity, the overall opportunity score is 52.9 out of 100. It runs ahead of the national picture on self-employed workers at 44.5%. On skilling trainees who get certified at 96.5%, women-owned enterprises at 27.7% and young people in the labour force aged 15 to 29 at 48.1%, it sits close to the national mark.