Entrepreneurial Units Established by Youth

A total of 839 rural unemployed youth between 18 and 35 years of age were selected for the study and provided a skill development training on four enterprises viz., beekeeping (230), value addition and processing (150), mushroom production (215) and poultry farming (244). About 392 rural youths established their entrepreneurial units after training. The output and outcome of the study over five years (2017-2021) revealed that various enterprises successfully generating a handsome income ranged between Rs 93,298/- to Rs.421,775/- and provided the employment opportunity of 110 to414 men-days in the villages. Poultry enterprise emerged as a most profitable enterprise as compared to others followed by beekeeping, mushroom cultivation and value addition and processing.