A Rural Self-Employment Training Institute giving rural youth one to six week courses, with food and lodging covered.
Saiha disburses ₹15,344 in small business loans per lakh population. The district trains 625.4 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.
78% of registered enterprises are in services while 22% are in manufacturing. Only 3% of employment is in small and medium enterprises. Only 54% of school-age children are enrolled in higher secondary school (classes 9–12).
In Saiha, which ranks 11 of 11 in Mizoram for youth opportunity, the overall opportunity score is 51.4 out of 100. It trails the national picture on self-employed workers at 67.2% and young people in the labour force aged 15 to 29 at 27.3%. On skilling trainees who get certified at 98.2% and women-owned enterprises at 49.6%, it sits close to the national mark.