A Rural Self-Employment Training Institute giving rural youth one to six week courses, with food and lodging covered.
Nalbari disburses ₹45,416 in small business loans per lakh population. The district trains 1,282.9 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.
60% of registered enterprises are in services while 40% are in manufacturing. Only 2% of employment is in small and medium enterprises. 64% of school-age children are enrolled in higher secondary school (classes 9–12).
In Nalbari, which ranks 3 of 35 in Assam for youth opportunity, the overall opportunity score is 48.2 out of 100. On skilling trainees who get certified at 95.5%, self-employed workers at 60.7%, women-owned enterprises at 20.9% and young people in the labour force aged 15 to 29 at 50.5%, it sits close to the national mark.