Pillar: Opportunity Infrastructure
Lawngtlai disburses ₹12,322 in small business loans per lakh population. The district trains 1,622.7 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.
80% of registered enterprises are in services while 20% are in manufacturing. Only 1% of employment is in small and medium enterprises. Only 50% of school-age children are enrolled in higher secondary school (classes 9–12).
In Lawngtlai, which ranks 9 of 11 in Mizoram for youth opportunity, the overall opportunity score is 53.3 out of 100. It trails the national picture on young people in the labour force aged 15 to 29 at 26.4%. On skilling trainees who get certified at 99.7%, self-employed workers at 62.9% and women-owned enterprises at 51.7%, it sits close to the national mark.
Mandated services and how to locate the RSETI in Lawngtlai are in the Lawngtlai district course and the English reference guide (Hindi). See the Lawngtlai youth opportunity scorecard for the full district picture.