A Rural Self-Employment Training Institute giving rural youth one to six week courses, with food and lodging covered.
Mamit disburses ₹17,299 in small business loans per lakh population. The district trains 220.5 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.
76% of registered enterprises are in services while 24% are in manufacturing. Only 1% of employment is in small and medium enterprises. Only 40% of school-age children are enrolled in higher secondary school (classes 9–12).
In Mamit, which ranks 6 of 11 in Mizoram for youth opportunity, the overall opportunity score is 54 out of 100. It trails the national picture on self-employed workers at 67.2% and young people in the labour force aged 15 to 29 at 27.3%. On skilling trainees who get certified at 100% and women-owned enterprises at 56.4%, it sits close to the national mark.