A centre that helps founders turn ideas into running enterprises through space, mentoring, and seed-fund links.
Chandel has 1,198 service-sector MSMEs. The district's service-sector gross value added per worker is ₹94,498, behind the typical district. The Incubation and Startup Centre is where the next wave of this service enterprise base gets built.
57% of registered enterprises are in services while 43% are in manufacturing. Only 4% of employment is in small and medium enterprises. Only 41% of school-age children are enrolled in higher secondary school (classes 9–12).
In Chandel, which ranks 11 of 16 in Manipur for youth opportunity, the overall opportunity score is 48.1 out of 100. It trails the national picture on credit going to productive use at 6.6% and bank branches per lakh people at 6.1.