Pillar: Opportunity Infrastructure
Imphal East disburses ₹20,266 in small business loans per lakh population. The district trains 2,457.3 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.
48% of registered enterprises are in services while 52% are in manufacturing. Only 2% of employment is in small and medium enterprises. 67% of school-age children are enrolled in higher secondary school (classes 9–12). 60% of ITI trainers are certified.
In Imphal East, which ranks 2 of 16 in Manipur for youth opportunity, the overall opportunity score is 52.7 out of 100. It runs ahead of the national picture on young people in the labour force aged 15 to 29 at 54%. On skilling trainees who get certified at 95%, self-employed workers at 59.9% and women-owned enterprises at 71.7%, it sits close to the national mark.
Mandated services and how to locate the RSETI in Imphal East are in the Imphal East district course and the English reference guide (Hindi). See the Imphal East youth opportunity scorecard for the full district picture.