A Rural Self-Employment Training Institute giving rural youth one to six week courses, with food and lodging covered.
Dhalai disburses ₹35,173 in small business loans per lakh population. The district trains 667.9 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.
63% of registered enterprises are in services while 37% are in manufacturing. Only 1% of employment is in small and medium enterprises. 63% of school-age children are enrolled in higher secondary school (classes 9–12).
In Dhalai, which ranks 8 of 8 in Tripura for youth opportunity, the overall opportunity score is 41.8 out of 100. On skilling trainees who get certified at 92.1%, self-employed workers at 57.9%, women-owned enterprises at 19.4% and young people in the labour force aged 15 to 29 at 42.6%, it sits close to the national mark.