A Rural Self-Employment Training Institute giving rural youth one to six week courses, with food and lodging covered.
Papum Pare disburses ₹32,945 in small business loans per lakh population. The district trains 1,523.3 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.
76% of registered enterprises are in services while 24% are in manufacturing. Only 11% of employment is in small and medium enterprises. 93% of school-age children are enrolled in higher secondary school (classes 9–12).
In Papum Pare, which ranks 1 of 27 in Arunachal Pradesh for youth opportunity, the overall opportunity score is 59.6 out of 100. It runs ahead of the national picture on young people in the labour force aged 15 to 29 at 52.9%. On skilling trainees who get certified at 89.6%, self-employed workers at 53.4% and women-owned enterprises at 38%, it sits close to the national mark.