A Rural Self-Employment Training Institute giving rural youth one to six week courses, with food and lodging covered.
Tehri Garhwal disburses ₹19,747 in small business loans per lakh population. The district trains 313.5 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. 72% of school-age children are enrolled in higher secondary school (classes 9–12).
In Tehri Garhwal, which ranks 12 of 13 in Uttarakhand for youth opportunity, the overall opportunity score is 48.2 out of 100. It trails the national picture on self-employed workers at 78.9%. On skilling trainees who get certified at 97.2%, women-owned enterprises at 13.1% and young people in the labour force aged 15 to 29 at 47.2%, it sits close to the national mark.