A Common Facility Centre giving traditional craft clusters shared machinery, training, design help, and market access.
Karaikal has 1,851 manufacturing MSMEs. 100% 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.
82% of registered enterprises are in services while 18% are in manufacturing. Only 5% of employment is in small and medium enterprises. Only 58% of school-age children are enrolled in higher secondary school (classes 9–12).
In Karaikal, which ranks 2 of 2 in Puducherry for youth opportunity, the overall opportunity score is 57.6 out of 100. It runs ahead of the national picture on employment in small and medium enterprises at 4.9% and value added per enterprise worker at ₹1,76,509.