A Common Facility Centre giving traditional craft clusters shared machinery, training, design help, and market access.
North Garo Hills has 688 manufacturing MSMEs. 85.7% 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.
71% of registered enterprises are in services while 29% are in manufacturing. Only 2% of employment is in small and medium enterprises. Only 50% of school-age children are enrolled in higher secondary school (classes 9–12).
In North Garo Hills, which ranks 11 of 12 in Meghalaya for youth opportunity, the overall opportunity score is 39.6 out of 100. It trails the national picture on employment in small and medium enterprises at 2% and value added per enterprise worker at ₹77,115.