Pillar: Opportunity Infrastructure
South Tripura disburses ₹64,795 in small business loans per lakh population. The district trains 487.9 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.
67% of registered enterprises are in services while 33% are in manufacturing. Only 3% of employment is in small and medium enterprises. 66% of school-age children are enrolled in higher secondary school (classes 9–12).
In South Tripura, which ranks 6 of 8 in Tripura for youth opportunity, the overall opportunity score is 43.5 out of 100. On skilling trainees who get certified at 95.2%, self-employed workers at 54.7%, women-owned enterprises at 14.5% and young people in the labour force aged 15 to 29 at 42.1%, it sits close to the national mark.
Mandated services and how to locate the RSETI in South Tripura are in the South Tripura district course and the English reference guide (Hindi). See the South Tripura youth opportunity scorecard for the full district picture.