An MSME Development and Facilitation Office under the Ministry of MSME, covering many districts from a state capital.
Ri Bhoi has 1,440 manufacturing MSMEs. The district's manufacturing gross value added per worker is ₹1,46,529, close to the typical district. The MSME Development and Facilitation Office supports this manufacturing base directly.
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%. The district has 3,525 registered service enterprises.