Pillar: Opportunity Infrastructure
West Tripura disburses ₹55,862 in small business loans per lakh population. The district trains 564.1 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.
72% of registered enterprises are in services while 28% are in manufacturing. Only 7% of employment is in small and medium enterprises. Only 50% of school-age children are enrolled in higher secondary school (classes 9–12).
In West Tripura, which ranks 1 of 8 in Tripura for youth opportunity, the overall opportunity score is 50.6 out of 100. The district runs ahead of the national picture on self-employed workers at 41.5%, while it lags on young people in the labour force aged 15 to 29 at 40.2%. On skilling trainees who get certified at 95.5% and women-owned enterprises at 17.1%, it sits close to the national mark.
Mandated services and how to locate the RSETI in West Tripura are in the West Tripura district course and the English reference guide (Hindi). See the West Tripura youth opportunity scorecard for the full district picture.