Pillar: Opportunity Infrastructure
Phek disburses ₹2,724 in small business loans per lakh population. The district trains 1,218.6 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.
53% of registered enterprises are in services while 47% are in manufacturing. Only 30% of school-age children are enrolled in higher secondary school (classes 9–12).
In Phek, which ranks 10 of 17 in Nagaland for youth opportunity, the overall opportunity score is 48.9 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 skilling trainees who get certified at 98.8% and women-owned enterprises at 37.2%, it sits close to the national mark.
Mandated services and how to locate the RSETI in Phek are in the Phek district course and the English reference guide (Hindi). See the Phek youth opportunity scorecard for the full district picture.