A Rural Self-Employment Training Institute giving rural youth one to six week courses, with food and lodging covered.
West Siang disburses ₹20,343 in small business loans per lakh population. The district trains 1,137.7 youth per lakh under short-term skilling, better than the typical district. The Rural Self Employment Training Institute prepares rural youth to use credit like this to start their own enterprise.
76% of registered enterprises are in services while 24% are in manufacturing. Only 7% of employment is in small and medium enterprises. Only 53% of school-age children are enrolled in higher secondary school (classes 9–12).
In West Siang, which ranks 17 of 27 in Arunachal Pradesh for youth opportunity, the overall opportunity score is 48.6 out of 100. It trails the national picture on self-employed workers at 72.1%. On skilling trainees who get certified at 100%, women-owned enterprises at 31.8% and young people in the labour force aged 15 to 29 at 49.7%, it sits close to the national mark.