A Rural Self-Employment Training Institute giving rural youth one to six week courses, with food and lodging covered.
Rupnagar disburses ₹51,497 in small business loans per lakh population. The district trains 409 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.
79% of registered enterprises are in services while 21% are in manufacturing. Only 3% of employment is in small and medium enterprises. 82% of school-age children are enrolled in higher secondary school (classes 9–12).
In Rupnagar, which ranks 6 of 23 in Punjab for youth opportunity, the overall opportunity score is 54.3 out of 100. It runs ahead of the national picture on self-employed workers at 45.1% and young people in the labour force aged 15 to 29 at 53.1%. On skilling trainees who get certified at 94.9% and women-owned enterprises at 25.2%, it sits close to the national mark.