Pillar: Opportunity Infrastructure
Supaul disburses ₹11,078 in small business loans per lakh population. The district trains 7.4 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.
77% of registered enterprises are in services while 23% are in manufacturing. Only 2% of employment is in small and medium enterprises. Only 45% of school-age children are enrolled in higher secondary school (classes 9–12). Only 21% of ITI trainers are certified.
In Supaul, which ranks 36 of 38 in Bihar for youth opportunity, the overall opportunity score is 38.9 out of 100. It trails the national picture on young people in the labour force aged 15 to 29 at 35%. On skilling trainees who get certified at 100%, self-employed workers at 61.7% and women-owned enterprises at 23.8%, it sits close to the national mark.
Mandated services and how to locate the RSETI in Supaul are in the Supaul district course and the English reference guide (Hindi). See the Supaul youth opportunity scorecard for the full district picture.