A Rural Self-Employment Training Institute giving rural youth one to six week courses, with food and lodging covered.
Dibang Valley disburses ₹25,615 in small business loans per lakh population. The district trains 0 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.
84% of registered enterprises are in services while 16% are in manufacturing. Only 14% of employment is in small and medium enterprises. Only 20% of school-age children are enrolled in higher secondary school (classes 9–12).
In Dibang Valley, which ranks 27 of 27 in Arunachal Pradesh for youth opportunity, the overall opportunity score is 41.9 out of 100. It trails the national picture on self-employed workers at 72.1%. On women-owned enterprises at 28.6% and young people in the labour force aged 15 to 29 at 49.7%, it sits close to the national mark.