Pillar: Opportunity Infrastructure
Tinsukia disburses ₹1,11,412 in small business loans per lakh population. The district trains 288 youth per lakh under short-term skilling, close to 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 4% of employment is in small and medium enterprises. Only 45% of school-age children are enrolled in higher secondary school (classes 9–12). Only 5% of ITI trainers are certified.
In Tinsukia, which ranks 7 of 35 in Assam for youth opportunity, the overall opportunity score is 46.9 out of 100. It runs ahead of the national picture on self-employed workers at 37.3% and young people in the labour force aged 15 to 29 at 66.8%. On skilling trainees who get certified at 97.7% and women-owned enterprises at 31.6%, it sits close to the national mark.
Mandated services and how to locate the RSETI in Tinsukia are in the Tinsukia district course and the English reference guide (Hindi). See the Tinsukia youth opportunity scorecard for the full district picture.