A Rural Self-Employment Training Institute giving rural youth one to six week courses, with food and lodging covered.
Jorhat disburses ₹34,513 in small business loans per lakh population. The district trains 365.3 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.
70% of registered enterprises are in services while 30% are in manufacturing. Only 5% of employment is in small and medium enterprises. Only 56% of school-age children are enrolled in higher secondary school (classes 9–12).
In Jorhat, which ranks 5 of 35 in Assam for youth opportunity, the overall opportunity score is 48 out of 100. It runs ahead of the national picture on self-employed workers at 43.7% and young people in the labour force aged 15 to 29 at 54.9%. On skilling trainees who get certified at 91.7% and women-owned enterprises at 20.5%, it sits close to the national mark.