A Rural Self-Employment Training Institute giving rural youth one to six week courses, with food and lodging covered.
Baksa disburses ₹12,714 in small business loans per lakh population. The district trains 1,173.3 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.
65% of registered enterprises are in services while 35% are in manufacturing. Only 1% of employment is in small and medium enterprises. Only 57% of school-age children are enrolled in higher secondary school (classes 9–12).
In Baksa, which ranks 22 of 35 in Assam for youth opportunity, the overall opportunity score is 44 out of 100. It trails the national picture on self-employed workers at 67.4%. On skilling trainees who get certified at 96.4%, women-owned enterprises at 22.8% and young people in the labour force aged 15 to 29 at 47.1%, it sits close to the national mark.