A Rural Self-Employment Training Institute giving rural youth one to six week courses, with food and lodging covered.
Krishnagiri disburses ₹49,576 in small business loans per lakh population. The district trains 327.2 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.
70% of registered enterprises are in services while 30% are in manufacturing. Only 5% of employment is in small and medium enterprises. 87% of school-age children are enrolled in higher secondary school (classes 9–12).
In Krishnagiri, which ranks 8 of 38 in Tamil Nadu for youth opportunity, the overall opportunity score is 54.5 out of 100. It runs ahead of the national picture on self-employed workers at 43% and young people in the labour force aged 15 to 29 at 54.2%. On skilling trainees who get certified at 95.6% and women-owned enterprises at 29.3%, it sits close to the national mark.