Pillar: Opportunity Infrastructure
Imphal West disburses ₹29,520 in small business loans per lakh population. The district trains 1,757 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.
53% of registered enterprises are in services while 47% are in manufacturing. Only 3% of employment is in small and medium enterprises. 91% of school-age children are enrolled in higher secondary school (classes 9–12). Only 41% of ITI trainers are certified.
In Imphal West, which ranks 1 of 16 in Manipur for youth opportunity, the overall opportunity score is 57.3 out of 100. On skilling trainees who get certified at 94.3%, self-employed workers at 54.2%, women-owned enterprises at 45.3% and young people in the labour force aged 15 to 29 at 44.4%, it sits close to the national mark.
Mandated services and how to locate the RSETI in Imphal West are in the Imphal West district course and the English reference guide (Hindi). See the Imphal West youth opportunity scorecard for the full district picture.