A Rural Self-Employment Training Institute giving rural youth one to six week courses, with food and lodging covered.
Jalandhar disburses ₹41,217 in small business loans per lakh population. The district trains 774.3 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.
76% of registered enterprises are in services while 24% are in manufacturing. Only 6% of employment is in small and medium enterprises. 87% of school-age children are enrolled in higher secondary school (classes 9–12).
In Jalandhar, which ranks 5 of 23 in Punjab for youth opportunity, the overall opportunity score is 54.5 out of 100. The district runs ahead of the national picture on self-employed workers at 33.2%, while it lags on young people in the labour force aged 15 to 29 at 38.6%. On skilling trainees who get certified at 94.9% and women-owned enterprises at 26.1%, it sits close to the national mark.