A Rural Self-Employment Training Institute giving rural youth one to six week courses, with food and lodging covered.
Rudraprayag disburses ₹26,084 in small business loans per lakh population. The district trains 214.3 youth per lakh under short-term skilling, behind the typical district. The Rural Self Employment Training Institute prepares rural youth to use credit like this to start their own enterprise.
86% of registered enterprises are in services while 14% are in manufacturing. Only 1% of employment is in small and medium enterprises. 76% of school-age children are enrolled in higher secondary school (classes 9–12).
In Rudraprayag, which ranks 6 of 13 in Uttarakhand for youth opportunity, the overall opportunity score is 50 out of 100. It trails the national picture on young people in the labour force aged 15 to 29 at 33.8%. On self-employed workers at 64.9% and women-owned enterprises at 5.2%, it sits close to the national mark.