A Rural Self-Employment Training Institute giving rural youth one to six week courses, with food and lodging covered.
Pudukkottai disburses ₹34,397 in small business loans per lakh population. The district trains 214.7 youth per lakh under short-term skilling, behind 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 3% of employment is in small and medium enterprises. 85% of school-age children are enrolled in higher secondary school (classes 9–12).
In Pudukkottai, which ranks 30 of 38 in Tamil Nadu for youth opportunity, the overall opportunity score is 48.2 out of 100. The district runs ahead of the national picture on self-employed workers at 39.3%, while it lags on young people in the labour force aged 15 to 29 at 39.4%. On skilling trainees who get certified at 99.1% and women-owned enterprises at 20%, it sits close to the national mark.