Pillar: Opportunity Infrastructure
Eastern West Khasi Hills disburses ₹6,093 in small business loans per lakh population. The district trains 669.9 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.
72% of registered enterprises are in services while 28% are in manufacturing. Only 48% of school-age children are enrolled in higher secondary school (classes 9–12).
In Eastern West Khasi Hills, which ranks 9 of 12 in Meghalaya for youth opportunity, the overall opportunity score is 40.7 out of 100. The district 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%, while it lags on skilling trainees who get certified at 74.8%. On women-owned enterprises at 58.6%, it sits close to the national mark.
Mandated services and how to locate the RSETI in Eastern West Khasi Hills are in the Eastern West Khasi Hills district course and the English reference guide (Hindi). See the Eastern West Khasi Hills youth opportunity scorecard for the full district picture.