A Rural Self-Employment Training Institute giving rural youth one to six week courses, with food and lodging covered.
Thoubal disburses ₹17,246 in small business loans per lakh population. The district trains 1,100.9 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.
51% of registered enterprises are in services while 49% are in manufacturing. Only 1% of employment is in small and medium enterprises. 78% of school-age children are enrolled in higher secondary school (classes 9–12).
In Thoubal, which ranks 13 of 16 in Manipur for youth opportunity, the overall opportunity score is 46 out of 100. It trails the national picture on self-employed workers at 68.4%. On skilling trainees who get certified at 94.2%, women-owned enterprises at 60.7% and young people in the labour force aged 15 to 29 at 47.1%, it sits close to the national mark.