A Rural Self-Employment Training Institute giving rural youth one to six week courses, with food and lodging covered.
Bichom disburses ₹10,939 in small business loans per lakh population. The Rural Self Employment Training Institute prepares rural youth to use credit like this to start their own enterprise.
96% of registered enterprises are in services while 4% are in manufacturing. Only 37% of school-age children are enrolled in higher secondary school (classes 9–12).
In Bichom, which ranks 11 of 27 in Arunachal Pradesh for youth opportunity, the overall opportunity score is 50.1 out of 100. It trails the national picture on self-employed workers at 72.1%. On women-owned enterprises at 41.7% and young people in the labour force aged 15 to 29 at 49.7%, it sits close to the national mark.