A Common Facility Centre giving traditional craft clusters shared machinery, training, design help, and market access.
Imphal East has 15,357 manufacturing MSMEs. 54.1% 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.
48% of registered enterprises are in services while 52% are in manufacturing. Only 2% of employment is in small and medium enterprises. 81% of school-age children are enrolled in higher secondary school (classes 9–12).
In Imphal East, which ranks 2 of 16 in Manipur for youth opportunity, the overall opportunity score is 52.7 out of 100. It trails the national picture on employment in small and medium enterprises at 1.5% and value added per enterprise worker at ₹1,24,712.