A Rural Self-Employment Training Institute giving rural youth one to six week courses, with food and lodging covered.
Aizawl disburses ₹34,005 in small business loans per lakh population. The district trains 1,844.9 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.
82% of registered enterprises are in services while 18% are in manufacturing. Only 4% of employment is in small and medium enterprises. 94% of school-age children are enrolled in higher secondary school (classes 9–12).
In Aizawl, which ranks 1 of 11 in Mizoram for youth opportunity, the overall opportunity score is 61.1 out of 100. The district runs ahead of the national picture on self-employed workers at 53.2%, while it lags on young people in the labour force aged 15 to 29 at 24.9%. On skilling trainees who get certified at 94.4% and women-owned enterprises at 52.4%, it sits close to the national mark.