A Rural Self-Employment Training Institute giving rural youth one to six week courses, with food and lodging covered.
Fatehgarh Sahib disburses ₹30,275 in small business loans per lakh population. The district trains 65.6 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.
77% of registered enterprises are in services while 23% are in manufacturing. Only 25% of employment is in small and medium enterprises. 81% of school-age children are enrolled in higher secondary school (classes 9–12).
In Fatehgarh Sahib, which ranks 4 of 23 in Punjab for youth opportunity, the overall opportunity score is 55.2 out of 100. It runs ahead of the national picture on self-employed workers at 41.8%. On skilling trainees who get certified at 97.2%, women-owned enterprises at 27.3% and young people in the labour force aged 15 to 29 at 43.6%, it sits close to the national mark.