Pillar: Opportunity Infrastructure
Mon disburses ₹2,142 in small business loans per lakh population. The district trains 313.7 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.
75% of registered enterprises are in services while 25% are in manufacturing. Only 1% of employment is in small and medium enterprises. Only 32% of school-age children are enrolled in higher secondary school (classes 9–12).
In Mon, which ranks 15 of 17 in Nagaland for youth opportunity, the overall opportunity score is 45.8 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 skilling trainees who get certified at 80.7% and self-employed workers at 65%. On women-owned enterprises at 33.9%, it sits close to the national mark.
Mandated services and how to locate the RSETI in Mon are in the Mon district course and the English reference guide (Hindi). See the Mon youth opportunity scorecard for the full district picture.