A Rural Self-Employment Training Institute giving rural youth one to six week courses, with food and lodging covered.
Kiphire disburses ₹8,532 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 41% 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 45.1 out of 100. The district runs ahead of the national picture on young people in the labour force aged 15 to 29 at 57.4%, while it lags on self-employed workers at 66.5%. On women-owned enterprises at 28.3%, it sits close to the national mark.