A Rural Self-Employment Training Institute giving rural youth one to six week courses, with food and lodging covered.
Nainital disburses ₹37,491 in small business loans per lakh population. The district trains 553.7 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.
82% of registered enterprises are in services while 18% are in manufacturing. Only 5% of employment is in small and medium enterprises. 100% of school-age children are enrolled in higher secondary school (classes 9–12).
In Nainital, which ranks 1 of 13 in Uttarakhand for youth opportunity, the overall opportunity score is 54.4 out of 100. On skilling trainees who get certified at 97.4%, self-employed workers at 56.3%, women-owned enterprises at 12.7% and young people in the labour force aged 15 to 29 at 49.4%, it sits close to the national mark.