A Rural Self-Employment Training Institute giving rural youth one to six week courses, with food and lodging covered.
Shahid Bhagat Singh Nagar disburses ₹41,049 in small business loans per lakh population. The district trains 804.9 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.
77% of registered enterprises are in services while 23% are in manufacturing. Only 2% of employment is in small and medium enterprises. 80% of school-age children are enrolled in higher secondary school (classes 9–12).
In Shahid Bhagat Singh Nagar, which ranks 12 of 23 in Punjab for youth opportunity, the overall opportunity score is 52.7 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 93.7% and women-owned enterprises at 22.4%, it sits close to the national mark.