A Rural Self-Employment Training Institute giving rural youth one to six week courses, with food and lodging covered.
Jodhpur disburses ₹31,735 in small business loans per lakh population. The district trains 365.4 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.
66% of registered enterprises are in services while 34% are in manufacturing. Only 7% of employment is in small and medium enterprises. 77% of school-age children are enrolled in higher secondary school (classes 9–12).
In Jodhpur, which ranks 5 of 41 in Rajasthan for youth opportunity, the overall opportunity score is 50.4 out of 100. It trails the national picture on self-employed workers at 68.4%. On skilling trainees who get certified at 94.4%, women-owned enterprises at 25.2% and young people in the labour force aged 15 to 29 at 46.1%, it sits close to the national mark.