Pillar: Opportunity Infrastructure
West Kameng disburses ₹13,040 in small business loans per lakh population. The district trains 387.8 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.
85% of registered enterprises are in services while 15% are in manufacturing. Only 4% of employment is in small and medium enterprises. Only 43% of school-age children are enrolled in higher secondary school (classes 9–12). Only 20% of ITI trainers are certified.
In West Kameng, which ranks 10 of 27 in Arunachal Pradesh for youth opportunity, the overall opportunity score is 51.4 out of 100. It trails the national picture on self-employed workers at 70.2%. On skilling trainees who get certified at 99.6%, women-owned enterprises at 31.5% and young people in the labour force aged 15 to 29 at 50.1%, it sits close to the national mark.
Mandated services and how to locate the RSETI in West Kameng are in the West Kameng district course and the English reference guide (Hindi). See the West Kameng youth opportunity scorecard for the full district picture.