Pillar: Opportunity Infrastructure
East Jaintia Hills has 1,326 manufacturing MSMEs. The district's manufacturing gross value added per worker is ₹1,31,954, close to the typical district. The MSME Development and Facilitation Office supports this manufacturing base directly.
66% of registered enterprises are in services while 34% are in manufacturing. Only 5% of employment is in small and medium enterprises. Only 37% of school-age children are enrolled in higher secondary school (classes 9–12).
In East Jaintia Hills, which ranks 8 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%. The district has 2,614 registered service enterprises.
Mandated services and how to locate the MSME-DFO in East Jaintia Hills are in the East Jaintia Hills district course and the English reference guide (Hindi). See the East Jaintia Hills youth opportunity scorecard for the full district picture.