A Rural Self-Employment Training Institute giving rural youth one to six week courses, with food and lodging covered.
Jhunjhunu disburses ₹29,457 in small business loans per lakh population. The district trains 1,181.1 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 2% of employment is in small and medium enterprises. 66% of school-age children are enrolled in higher secondary school (classes 9–12).
In Jhunjhunu, which ranks 2 of 41 in Rajasthan for youth opportunity, the overall opportunity score is 52.4 out of 100. It trails the national picture on self-employed workers at 67.2%. On skilling trainees who get certified at 97.4%, women-owned enterprises at 37.1% and young people in the labour force aged 15 to 29 at 42.8%, it sits close to the national mark.