A Rural Self-Employment Training Institute giving rural youth one to six week courses, with food and lodging covered.
Aurangabad disburses ₹12,998 in small business loans per lakh population. The district trains 134.1 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.
74% of registered enterprises are in services while 26% are in manufacturing. Only 3% of employment is in small and medium enterprises. Only 51% of school-age children are enrolled in higher secondary school (classes 9–12).
In Aurangabad, which ranks 9 of 38 in Bihar for youth opportunity, the overall opportunity score is 44.1 out of 100. It trails the national picture on self-employed workers at 68.6% and young people in the labour force aged 15 to 29 at 26.2%. On skilling trainees who get certified at 90.4% and women-owned enterprises at 19.1%, it sits close to the national mark.