A Common Facility Centre giving traditional craft clusters shared machinery, training, design help, and market access.
South West Garo Hills has 801 manufacturing MSMEs. 73.7% 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.
68% of registered enterprises are in services while 32% are in manufacturing. Only 1% of employment is in small and medium enterprises. Only 39% of school-age children are enrolled in higher secondary school (classes 9–12).
In South West Garo Hills, which ranks 8 of 12 in Meghalaya for youth opportunity, the overall opportunity score is 40 out of 100. It trails the national picture on employment in small and medium enterprises at 1.1% and value added per enterprise worker at ₹84,617.