A Common Facility Centre giving traditional craft clusters shared machinery, training, design help, and market access.
East Jaintia Hills has 1,326 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.
66% of registered enterprises are in services while 34% are in manufacturing. Only 5% of employment is in small and medium enterprises. Only 44% of school-age children are enrolled in higher secondary school (classes 9–12).
In East Jaintia Hills, which ranks 6 of 12 in Meghalaya for youth opportunity, the overall opportunity score is 41 out of 100. It runs ahead of the national picture on employment in small and medium enterprises at 5.2%. On value added per enterprise worker at ₹1,31,954, it sits close to the national mark.