A Rural Self-Employment Training Institute giving rural youth one to six week courses, with food and lodging covered.
Bhagalpur disburses ₹12,694 in small business loans per lakh population. The district trains 143.1 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.
72% of registered enterprises are in services while 28% are in manufacturing. Only 3% of employment is in small and medium enterprises. Only 47% of school-age children are enrolled in higher secondary school (classes 9–12).
In Bhagalpur, which ranks 3 of 38 in Bihar for youth opportunity, the overall opportunity score is 45.3 out of 100. It trails the national picture on young people in the labour force aged 15 to 29 at 35.9%. On skilling trainees who get certified at 96.5%, self-employed workers at 59.8% and women-owned enterprises at 14.6%, it sits close to the national mark.