A Rural Self-Employment Training Institute giving rural youth one to six week courses, with food and lodging covered.
Ghaziabad disburses ₹27,533 in small business loans per lakh population. The district trains 356.3 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.
74% of registered enterprises are in services while 26% are in manufacturing. Only 9% of employment is in small and medium enterprises. 71% of school-age children are enrolled in higher secondary school (classes 9–12).
In Ghaziabad, which ranks 2 of 75 in Uttar Pradesh for youth opportunity, the overall opportunity score is 57.4 out of 100. The district runs ahead of the national picture on self-employed workers at 38.5%, while it lags on young people in the labour force aged 15 to 29 at 36.8%. On skilling trainees who get certified at 95.4% and women-owned enterprises at 20%, it sits close to the national mark.