Pillar: Opportunity Infrastructure
Ri Bhoi disburses ₹20,312 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. Only 55% of school-age children are enrolled in higher secondary school (classes 9–12).
In Ri Bhoi, which ranks 2 of 12 in Meghalaya for youth opportunity, the overall opportunity score is 49.2 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 skilling trainees who get certified at 96.6% and women-owned enterprises at 48.8%, it sits close to the national mark.
Mandated services and how to locate the RSETI in Ri Bhoi are in the Ri Bhoi district course and the English reference guide (Hindi). See the Ri Bhoi youth opportunity scorecard for the full district picture.