A Rural Self-Employment Training Institute giving rural youth one to six week courses, with food and lodging covered.
Kanyakumari disburses ₹50,502 in small business loans per lakh population. The district trains 278 youth per lakh under short-term skilling, close to the typical district. The Rural Self Employment Training Institute prepares rural youth to use credit like this to start their own enterprise.
69% of registered enterprises are in services while 31% are in manufacturing. Only 3% of employment is in small and medium enterprises. 92% of school-age children are enrolled in higher secondary school (classes 9–12).
In Kanyakumari, which ranks 6 of 38 in Tamil Nadu for youth opportunity, the overall opportunity score is 55 out of 100. The district runs ahead of the national picture on self-employed workers at 32.1%, while it lags on young people in the labour force aged 15 to 29 at 36%. On skilling trainees who get certified at 95.6% and women-owned enterprises at 41.8%, it sits close to the national mark.