A Rural Self-Employment Training Institute giving rural youth one to six week courses, with food and lodging covered.
Pakyong disburses ₹47,906 in small business loans per lakh population. The district trains 1,144.5 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.
79% of registered enterprises are in services while 21% are in manufacturing. Only 1% of employment is in small and medium enterprises. 68% of school-age children are enrolled in higher secondary school (classes 9–12).
In Pakyong, which ranks 1 of 6 in Sikkim for youth opportunity, the overall opportunity score is 59 out of 100. It runs ahead of the national picture on self-employed workers at 38.8%. On skilling trainees who get certified at 92.4%, women-owned enterprises at 28.4% and young people in the labour force aged 15 to 29 at 49.4%, it sits close to the national mark.