A Rural Self-Employment Training Institute giving rural youth one to six week courses, with food and lodging covered.
Imphal East disburses ₹20,330 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. 81% of school-age children are enrolled in higher secondary school (classes 9–12).
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.