A Rural Self-Employment Training Institute giving rural youth one to six week courses, with food and lodging covered.
Ri Bhoi disburses ₹21,937 in small business loans per lakh population. The district trains 782.2 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.
71% of registered enterprises are in services while 29% are in manufacturing. Only 10% of employment is in small and medium enterprises. 66% of school-age children are enrolled in higher secondary school (classes 9–12).
In Ri Bhoi, which ranks 3 of 12 in Meghalaya for youth opportunity, the overall opportunity score is 45 out of 100. It runs ahead of the national picture on self-employed workers at 46.5% and young people in the labour force aged 15 to 29 at 54.7%. On skilling trainees who get certified at 96.6% and women-owned enterprises at 48.8%, it sits close to the national mark.