A Rural Self-Employment Training Institute giving rural youth one to six week courses, with food and lodging covered.
Viluppuram disburses ₹58,911 in small business loans per lakh population. The district trains 202.4 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.
76% of registered enterprises are in services while 24% are in manufacturing. Small and medium enterprises account for 2.8% of MSME employment. Enrolment in classes 9 to 12 equals 72% of the population of that age.
In Viluppuram, which ranks 36 of 38 in Tamil Nadu for youth opportunity, the overall opportunity score is 45.2 out of 100. The district runs ahead of the national picture on self-employed workers at 33.9%, against 59.3% nationally, while it lags on young people in the labour force aged 15 to 29 at 34.2%, against 47.1% nationally. On skilling trainees who get certified at 96.2% and women-owned enterprises at 21.7%, it sits close to the national mark.