A Rural Self-Employment Training Institute giving rural youth one to six week courses, with food and lodging covered.
Sitamarhi disburses ₹14,155 in small business loans per lakh population. The district trains 60.6 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. Small and medium enterprises account for 2.2% of MSME employment. Enrolment in classes 9 to 12 equals 40% of the population of that age.
In Sitamarhi, which ranks 30 of 38 in Bihar for youth opportunity, the overall opportunity score is 40.4 out of 100. The district runs ahead of the national picture on self-employed workers at 51.8%, against 59.3% nationally, while it lags on young people in the labour force aged 15 to 29 at 33.9%, against 47.1% nationally. On skilling trainees who get certified at 94.3% and women-owned enterprises at 22.4%, it sits close to the national mark.