A Rural Self-Employment Training Institute giving rural youth one to six week courses, with food and lodging covered.
Ludhiana disburses ₹39,652 in small business loans per lakh population. The district trains 527 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.
66% of registered enterprises are in services while 34% are in manufacturing. Only 11% of employment is in small and medium enterprises. 99% of school-age children are enrolled in higher secondary school (classes 9–12).
In Ludhiana, which ranks 2 of 23 in Punjab for youth opportunity, the overall opportunity score is 55.9 out of 100. It runs ahead of the national picture on self-employed workers at 33.7% and young people in the labour force aged 15 to 29 at 52.5%. On skilling trainees who get certified at 96.9% and women-owned enterprises at 20%, it sits close to the national mark.