A Rural Self-Employment Training Institute giving rural youth one to six week courses, with food and lodging covered.
Aligarh disburses ₹23,879 in small business loans per lakh population. The district trains 395.7 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 5% of employment is in small and medium enterprises. 62% of school-age children are enrolled in higher secondary school (classes 9–12).
In Aligarh, which ranks 30 of 75 in Uttar Pradesh for youth opportunity, the overall opportunity score is 44.2 out of 100. It trails the national picture on young people in the labour force aged 15 to 29 at 39.4%. On skilling trainees who get certified at 96.9%, self-employed workers at 63% and women-owned enterprises at 7.4%, it sits close to the national mark.