A Rural Self-Employment Training Institute giving rural youth one to six week courses, with food and lodging covered.
Purulia disburses ₹13,742 in small business loans per lakh population. The district trains 113.7 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.
80% of registered enterprises are in services while 20% are in manufacturing. Only 3% of employment is in small and medium enterprises. 89% of school-age children are enrolled in higher secondary school (classes 9–12).
In Purulia, which ranks 23 of 23 in West Bengal for youth opportunity, the overall opportunity score is 40 out of 100. On skilling trainees who get certified at 91%, self-employed workers at 59.5%, women-owned enterprises at 31.4% and young people in the labour force aged 15 to 29 at 42.6%, it sits close to the national mark.