A Rural Self-Employment Training Institute giving rural youth one to six week courses, with food and lodging covered.
South Garo Hills disburses ₹2,026 in small business loans per lakh population. The district trains 238.1 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.
67% of registered enterprises are in services while 33% are in manufacturing. Only 2% of employment is in small and medium enterprises. Only 42% of school-age children are enrolled in higher secondary school (classes 9–12).
In South Garo Hills, which ranks 9 of 12 in Meghalaya for youth opportunity, the overall opportunity score is 39.7 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 97.8% and women-owned enterprises at 19.9%, it sits close to the national mark.