A Common Facility Centre giving traditional craft clusters shared machinery, training, design help, and market access.
Kakching has 3,367 manufacturing MSMEs. 31.6% 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 1% of employment is in small and medium enterprises. Only 59% of school-age children are enrolled in higher secondary school (classes 9–12).
In Kakching, which ranks 7 of 16 in Manipur for youth opportunity, the overall opportunity score is 49.4 out of 100. It trails the national picture on employment in small and medium enterprises at 1.4%. On value added per enterprise worker at ₹1,35,759, it sits close to the national mark.