A Common Facility Centre giving traditional craft clusters shared machinery, training, design help, and market access.
Nalanda has 12,833 manufacturing MSMEs. 39.5% 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.
75% of registered enterprises are in services while 25% are in manufacturing. Only 2% of employment is in small and medium enterprises. Only 55% of school-age children are enrolled in higher secondary school (classes 9–12).
In Nalanda, which ranks 2 of 38 in Bihar for youth opportunity, the overall opportunity score is 46.5 out of 100. It trails the national picture on employment in small and medium enterprises at 2.5% and value added per enterprise worker at ₹1,15,446.