A centre that helps founders turn ideas into running enterprises through space, mentoring, and seed-fund links.
East Jaintia Hills has 2,614 service-sector MSMEs. The district's service-sector gross value added per worker is ₹1,31,954, close to the typical district. The Incubation and Startup Centre is where the next wave of this service enterprise base gets built.
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. The district runs ahead of the national picture on bank branches per lakh people at 12.6, while it lags on credit going to productive use at 53.8%.