A Rural Self-Employment Training Institute giving rural youth one to six week courses, with food and lodging covered.
Saharsa disburses ₹11,765 in small business loans per lakh population. The district trains 119.4 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.
75% of registered enterprises are in services while 25% are in manufacturing. Only 3% of employment is in small and medium enterprises. Only 36% of school-age children are enrolled in higher secondary school (classes 9–12).
In Saharsa, which ranks 14 of 38 in Bihar for youth opportunity, the overall opportunity score is 43.1 out of 100. It trails the national picture on self-employed workers at 73.3%. On skilling trainees who get certified at 90.5%, women-owned enterprises at 22.6% and young people in the labour force aged 15 to 29 at 46.6%, it sits close to the national mark.