A Common Facility Centre giving traditional craft clusters shared machinery, training, design help, and market access.
Chandigarh has 9,781 manufacturing MSMEs. 60% 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.
85% of registered enterprises are in services while 15% are in manufacturing. Only 12% of employment is in small and medium enterprises. 86% of school-age children are enrolled in higher secondary school (classes 9–12).
In Chandigarh, which ranks 1 of 1 in Chandigarh for youth opportunity, the overall opportunity score is 66.2 out of 100. It runs ahead of the national picture on employment in small and medium enterprises at 12.4% and value added per enterprise worker at ₹3,08,434.