The Rural Self Employment Training Institutes (RSETIs) initiative was launched in 2009 by the Ministry of Rural Development to provide free residential training and marketing support to rural unemployed youth to encourage self-employment. The RSETIs are operated through partnerships between banks and the National Rural Development and Panchayati Raj institute. They identify and train rural youth in various skills, help them establish micro-enterprises, and provide two years of post-training support. Currently there are 587 RSETIs across India aiming to establish one in each district, and they have collectively trained over 15 lakh candidates, with around 10 lakh candidates settled into self-employment.

1. Rural Self Employment
Training Institutes (RSETI)

2. Introduction
 A unique initiative to mitigate the problem
of unemployment was taken up by the
MoRD in January 2009
 It envisage framework for imparting good
quality residential free training and post
training follow up
 As RSETIs are Bank lead institutions
they are prefixed with the name of the
respective sponsor banks to give distinct
identity.
 Scheme is launched by MoRD and
regular monitored by NIRD&PR

3. Objectives
 Identification of rural unemployed
youth for self employment.
 Orientation of rural youth for self
employment.
 Motivation of the rural youth to go for
self employment.
 Skill development training to identified
youth.
 To hand hold the youth to establish
their own micro enterprise

4. Role and Responsibilities of
RSETIs and MoRD
 Offers continuous support
 Alternative career opportunity and
livelihoods
 Financial support
 MoU with National Academy of
RUDSETI

5. Unique Features
 Free food, free accommodation and
free training and accessible to all.
 Post training follow up.
 Well structured course modules.
 Extensive use of audio visual aids.
 Marketing support to the trainees.
 Peer learning.
 Inculcating discipline.
 Training methodology.

6. More Details
 The institutes set up in the country
should be registered as societies/trusts.
 Land for setting up RSETIs will be
allotted to the concerned Banks, free of
cost by the State Governments.
 Each RSETI should offer 30-40 Skill
Development Programmes in a financial
year in various avenues.
 Types of training to be decided by the
institute should be based on the local
resource situation and potential demand.

7.  Selection of trainees should be from
the rural BPL category
 Regular follow-up and handholding for
2 years
 RSETIs should also conduct various
skill up gradation programmes
 RSETIs should give equal
opportunities to women entrepreneurs

8. Current status
 There are 587 functional RSETIs
across the country.
 One in each district including North
Eastern state and islands.
 RSETIs put together have training 15
lakhs candidates in various skills.
 Out of these approximately 10 lakhs
candidates are settled i.e. established
their own micro enterprises are
earning their livelihood.

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