Pillar: Opportunity Infrastructure
East Garo Hills disburses ₹6,409 in small business loans per lakh population. The district trains 105.3 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.
54% of registered enterprises are in services while 46% are in manufacturing. Only 3% of employment is in small and medium enterprises. Only 51% of school-age children are enrolled in higher secondary school (classes 9–12).
In East Garo Hills, which ranks 5 of 12 in Meghalaya for youth opportunity, the overall opportunity score is 44 out of 100. It runs ahead of the national picture on self-employed workers at 43.8% and young people in the labour force aged 15 to 29 at 54.3%. On women-owned enterprises at 21.5%, it sits close to the national mark.
Mandated services and how to locate the RSETI in East Garo Hills are in the East Garo Hills district course and the English reference guide (Hindi). See the East Garo Hills youth opportunity scorecard for the full district picture.