A Rural Self-Employment Training Institute giving rural youth one to six week courses, with food and lodging covered.
Sepahijala disburses ₹52,739 in small business loans per lakh population. The district trains 914.7 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.
60% of registered enterprises are in services while 40% are in manufacturing. Only 3% of employment is in small and medium enterprises. 65% of school-age children are enrolled in higher secondary school (classes 9–12).
In Sepahijala, which ranks 4 of 8 in Tripura for youth opportunity, the overall opportunity score is 44 out of 100. The district runs ahead of the national picture on self-employed workers at 41.5%, while it lags on young people in the labour force aged 15 to 29 at 40.2%. On skilling trainees who get certified at 98% and women-owned enterprises at 25.9%, it sits close to the national mark.