A Rural Self-Employment Training Institute giving rural youth one to six week courses, with food and lodging covered.
Patna disburses ₹15,704 in small business loans per lakh population. The district trains 171.8 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.
79% of registered enterprises are in services while 21% are in manufacturing. Only 6% of employment is in small and medium enterprises. Only 43% of school-age children are enrolled in higher secondary school (classes 9–12).
In Patna, which ranks 1 of 38 in Bihar for youth opportunity, the overall opportunity score is 51.6 out of 100. The district runs ahead of the national picture on self-employed workers at 49.2%, while it lags on young people in the labour force aged 15 to 29 at 32.4%. On skilling trainees who get certified at 96.6% and women-owned enterprises at 17.5%, it sits close to the national mark.