A Rural Self-Employment Training Institute giving rural youth one to six week courses, with food and lodging covered.
Tinsukia disburses ₹1,17,146 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 49% of school-age children are enrolled in higher secondary school (classes 9–12).
In Tinsukia, which ranks 7 of 35 in Assam for youth opportunity, the overall opportunity score is 46.8 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.