A Rural Self-Employment Training Institute giving rural youth one to six week courses, with food and lodging covered.
Patiala disburses ₹38,739 in small business loans per lakh population. The district trains 845.4 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.
75% of registered enterprises are in services while 25% are in manufacturing. Only 5% of employment is in small and medium enterprises. 92% of school-age children are enrolled in higher secondary school (classes 9–12).
In Patiala, which ranks 8 of 23 in Punjab for youth opportunity, the overall opportunity score is 53.5 out of 100. It runs ahead of the national picture on self-employed workers at 44.7%. On skilling trainees who get certified at 95.8%, women-owned enterprises at 34.2% and young people in the labour force aged 15 to 29 at 50.2%, it sits close to the national mark.