A Rural Self-Employment Training Institute giving rural youth one to six week courses, with food and lodging covered.
Kangpokpi disburses ₹2,265 in small business loans per lakh population. The district trains 210.4 youth per lakh under short-term skilling, behind the typical district. The Rural Self Employment Training Institute prepares rural youth to use credit like this to start their own enterprise.
62% of registered enterprises are in services while 38% are in manufacturing. Only 53% of school-age children are enrolled in higher secondary school (classes 9–12).
In Kangpokpi, which ranks 12 of 16 in Manipur for youth opportunity, the overall opportunity score is 46.1 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 95.9%, self-employed workers at 59.9% and women-owned enterprises at 23%, it sits close to the national mark.