A Rural Self-Employment Training Institute giving rural youth one to six week courses, with food and lodging covered.
Sivasagar disburses ₹45,497 in small business loans per lakh population. The district trains 190.9 youth per lakh under short-term skilling, behind the typical district. The Rural Self Employment Training Institute prepares rural youth to use credit like this to start their own enterprise.
73% of registered enterprises are in services while 27% are in manufacturing. Only 3% of employment is in small and medium enterprises. Only 59% of school-age children are enrolled in higher secondary school (classes 9–12).
In Sivasagar, which ranks 11 of 35 in Assam for youth opportunity, the overall opportunity score is 46.5 out of 100. The district runs ahead of the national picture on self-employed workers at 45.3%, while it lags on young people in the labour force aged 15 to 29 at 41.4%. On skilling trainees who get certified at 98.1% and women-owned enterprises at 13.1%, it sits close to the national mark.