A Common Facility Centre giving traditional craft clusters shared machinery, training, design help, and market access.
Upper Subansiri has 264 manufacturing MSMEs. 50% of self-employment loans go to the district's top industry. The Common Facility Centre under SFURTI gives artisan clusters shared equipment they could not afford individually.
70% of registered enterprises are in services while 30% are in manufacturing. Only 3% of employment is in small and medium enterprises. Only 47% of school-age children are enrolled in higher secondary school (classes 9–12).
In Upper Subansiri, which ranks 21 of 27 in Arunachal Pradesh for youth opportunity, the overall opportunity score is 46.8 out of 100. The district runs ahead of the national picture on value added per enterprise worker at ₹1,68,065, while it lags on employment in small and medium enterprises at 2.7%.