A Rural Self-Employment Training Institute giving rural youth one to six week courses, with food and lodging covered.
Tengnoupal disburses ₹5,400 in small business loans per lakh population. The district trains 452.1 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.
46% of registered enterprises are in services while 54% are in manufacturing. Only 1% of employment is in small and medium enterprises. Only 57% of school-age children are enrolled in higher secondary school (classes 9–12).
In Tengnoupal, which ranks 16 of 16 in Manipur for youth opportunity, the overall opportunity score is 43.8 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 99.3% and women-owned enterprises at 32.4%, it sits close to the national mark.