A Rural Self-Employment Training Institute giving rural youth one to six week courses, with food and lodging covered.
Paschim Bardhaman disburses ₹8,922 in small business loans per lakh population. The district trains 62.4 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.
83% of registered enterprises are in services while 17% are in manufacturing. Only 7% of employment is in small and medium enterprises. 78% of school-age children are enrolled in higher secondary school (classes 9–12).
In Paschim Bardhaman, which ranks 5 of 23 in West Bengal for youth opportunity, the overall opportunity score is 49.7 out of 100. It runs ahead of the national picture on self-employed workers at 35.6%. On skilling trainees who get certified at 95.1%, women-owned enterprises at 30.1% and young people in the labour force aged 15 to 29 at 44.8%, it sits close to the national mark.