A Rural Self-Employment Training Institute giving rural youth one to six week courses, with food and lodging covered.
Firozabad disburses ₹14,265 in small business loans per lakh population. The district trains 382 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.
63% of registered enterprises are in services while 37% are in manufacturing. Only 3% of employment is in small and medium enterprises. 63% of school-age children are enrolled in higher secondary school (classes 9–12).
In Firozabad, which ranks 32 of 75 in Uttar Pradesh for youth opportunity, the overall opportunity score is 44 out of 100. It trails the national picture on self-employed workers at 66.1% and young people in the labour force aged 15 to 29 at 41.1%. On skilling trainees who get certified at 96.5% and women-owned enterprises at 37.2%, it sits close to the national mark.