A Common Facility Centre giving traditional craft clusters shared machinery, training, design help, and market access.
South Garo Hills has 835 manufacturing MSMEs. 90.9% 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.
67% of registered enterprises are in services while 33% are in manufacturing. Only 2% of employment is in small and medium enterprises. Only 42% of school-age children are enrolled in higher secondary school (classes 9–12).
In South Garo Hills, which ranks 9 of 12 in Meghalaya for youth opportunity, the overall opportunity score is 39.7 out of 100. It trails the national picture on employment in small and medium enterprises at 1.7% and value added per enterprise worker at ₹76,477.