Pillar: Opportunity Infrastructure
Chandel disburses ₹8,266 in small business loans per lakh population. The district trains 338.4 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.
57% of registered enterprises are in services while 43% are in manufacturing. Only 4% of employment is in small and medium enterprises. Only 36% of school-age children are enrolled in higher secondary school (classes 9–12). 50% of ITI trainers are certified.
In Chandel, which ranks 12 of 16 in Manipur for youth opportunity, the overall opportunity score is 48.4 out of 100. It trails the national picture on self-employed workers at 68.5% and young people in the labour force aged 15 to 29 at 34.6%. On skilling trainees who get certified at 91.8% and women-owned enterprises at 56.8%, it sits close to the national mark.
Mandated services and how to locate the RSETI in Chandel are in the Chandel district course and the English reference guide (Hindi). See the Chandel youth opportunity scorecard for the full district picture.