Pillar: Opportunity Infrastructure
Kiphire disburses ₹8,283 in small business loans per lakh population. The district trains 153.9 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.
69% of registered enterprises are in services while 31% are in manufacturing. Only 36% of school-age children are enrolled in higher secondary school (classes 9–12).
In Kiphire, which ranks 17 of 17 in Nagaland for youth opportunity, the overall opportunity score is 43.4 out of 100. The district runs ahead of the national picture on young people in the labour force aged 15 to 29 at 56.9%, while it lags on self-employed workers at 65%. On women-owned enterprises at 28.3%, it sits close to the national mark.
Mandated services and how to locate the RSETI in Kiphire are in the Kiphire district course and the English reference guide (Hindi). See the Kiphire youth opportunity scorecard for the full district picture.