A Common Facility Centre giving traditional craft clusters shared machinery, training, design help, and market access.
West Garo Hills has 2,562 manufacturing MSMEs. 63.6% 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.
75% of registered enterprises are in services while 25% are in manufacturing. Only 3% of employment is in small and medium enterprises. 69% of school-age children are enrolled in higher secondary school (classes 9–12).
In West Garo Hills, which ranks 2 of 12 in Meghalaya for youth opportunity, the overall opportunity score is 45.1 out of 100. It trails the national picture on employment in small and medium enterprises at 2.6% and value added per enterprise worker at ₹85,780.