A Rural Self-Employment Training Institute giving rural youth one to six week courses, with food and lodging covered.
Pauri Garhwal disburses ₹25,335 in small business loans per lakh population. The district trains 364.1 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.
81% of registered enterprises are in services while 19% are in manufacturing. Only 3% of employment is in small and medium enterprises. 71% of school-age children are enrolled in higher secondary school (classes 9–12).
In Pauri Garhwal, which ranks 3 of 13 in Uttarakhand for youth opportunity, the overall opportunity score is 52.5 out of 100. It trails the national picture on young people in the labour force aged 15 to 29 at 36.7%. On skilling trainees who get certified at 99.2%, self-employed workers at 60.7% and women-owned enterprises at 8.3%, it sits close to the national mark.