A Common Facility Centre giving traditional craft clusters shared machinery, training, design help, and market access.
South Tripura has 4,114 manufacturing MSMEs. 48.2% 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.
67% of registered enterprises are in services while 33% are in manufacturing. Only 3% of employment is in small and medium enterprises. 68% of school-age children are enrolled in higher secondary school (classes 9–12).
In South Tripura, which ranks 6 of 8 in Tripura for youth opportunity, the overall opportunity score is 42.7 out of 100. It trails the national picture on employment in small and medium enterprises at 2.7% and value added per enterprise worker at ₹1,27,976.