Pillar: Opportunity Infrastructure
Hailakandi disburses ₹16,165 in small business loans per lakh population. The district trains 558.1 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.
75% of registered enterprises are in services while 25% are in manufacturing. Only 2% of employment is in small and medium enterprises. Only 56% of school-age children are enrolled in higher secondary school (classes 9–12).
In Hailakandi, which ranks 35 of 35 in Assam for youth opportunity, the overall opportunity score is 38.1 out of 100. On skilling trainees who get certified at 95.8%, self-employed workers at 63.9%, women-owned enterprises at 1.6% and young people in the labour force aged 15 to 29 at 43.3%, it sits close to the national mark.
Mandated services and how to locate the RSETI in Hailakandi are in the Hailakandi district course and the English reference guide (Hindi). See the Hailakandi youth opportunity scorecard for the full district picture.