A Common Facility Centre giving traditional craft clusters shared machinery, training, design help, and market access.
Dhalai has 3,406 manufacturing MSMEs. 53.2% 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.
63% of registered enterprises are in services while 37% are in manufacturing. Only 1% of employment is in small and medium enterprises. 63% of school-age children are enrolled in higher secondary school (classes 9–12).
In Dhalai, which ranks 8 of 8 in Tripura for youth opportunity, the overall opportunity score is 41.8 out of 100. It trails the national picture on employment in small and medium enterprises at 1.5% and value added per enterprise worker at ₹1,04,061.