An MSME Development and Facilitation Office under the Ministry of MSME, covering many districts from a state capital.
Leh has 2,020 manufacturing MSMEs. The district's manufacturing gross value added per worker is ₹1,83,845, better than the typical district. The MSME Development and Facilitation Office supports this manufacturing base directly.
78% of registered enterprises are in services while 22% are in manufacturing. Only 5% of employment is in small and medium enterprises. 62% of school-age children are enrolled in higher secondary school (classes 9–12).
In Leh, which ranks 1 of 2 in Ladakh for youth opportunity, the overall opportunity score is 59 out of 100. It runs ahead of the national picture on employment in small and medium enterprises at 5.2%. The district has 7,181 registered service enterprises.