Pillar: Opportunity Infrastructure
East Khasi Hills disburses ₹18,066 in small business loans per lakh population. The district trains 715.7 youth per lakh under short-term skilling, better than the typical district. The Rural Self Employment Training Institute prepares rural youth to use credit like this to start their own enterprise.
84% of registered enterprises are in services while 16% are in manufacturing. Only 7% of employment is in small and medium enterprises. 62% of school-age children are enrolled in higher secondary school (classes 9–12). Only 4% of ITI trainers are certified.
In East Khasi Hills, which ranks 1 of 12 in Meghalaya for youth opportunity, the overall opportunity score is 49.7 out of 100. It runs ahead of the national picture on self-employed workers at 35.6% and young people in the labour force aged 15 to 29 at 53.4%. On skilling trainees who get certified at 96.2% and women-owned enterprises at 50.9%, it sits close to the national mark.
Mandated services and how to locate the RSETI in East Khasi Hills are in the East Khasi Hills district course and the English reference guide (Hindi). See the East Khasi Hills youth opportunity scorecard for the full district picture.