A Rural Self-Employment Training Institute giving rural youth one to six week courses, with food and lodging covered.
Varanasi disburses ₹50,017 in small business loans per lakh population. The district trains 559.8 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.
60% of registered enterprises are in services while 40% are in manufacturing. Only 5% of employment is in small and medium enterprises. 81% of school-age children are enrolled in higher secondary school (classes 9–12).
In Varanasi, which ranks 8 of 75 in Uttar Pradesh for youth opportunity, the overall opportunity score is 49.1 out of 100. On skilling trainees who get certified at 96.3%, self-employed workers at 61.3%, women-owned enterprises at 18.9% and young people in the labour force aged 15 to 29 at 47.1%, it sits close to the national mark.