A Common Facility Centre giving traditional craft clusters shared machinery, training, design help, and market access.
Ri Bhoi has 1,440 manufacturing MSMEs. 75% 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 10% of employment is in small and medium enterprises. 66% of school-age children are enrolled in higher secondary school (classes 9–12).
In Ri Bhoi, which ranks 3 of 12 in Meghalaya for youth opportunity, the overall opportunity score is 45 out of 100. It runs ahead of the national picture on employment in small and medium enterprises at 9.8%. On value added per enterprise worker at ₹1,46,529, it sits close to the national mark.