A Common Facility Centre giving traditional craft clusters shared machinery, training, design help, and market access.
Darjeeling has 9,033 manufacturing MSMEs. 56.8% 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.
86% of registered enterprises are in services while 14% are in manufacturing. Only 9% of employment is in small and medium enterprises. 77% of school-age children are enrolled in higher secondary school (classes 9–12).
In Darjeeling, which ranks 3 of 23 in West Bengal for youth opportunity, the overall opportunity score is 52.1 out of 100. It runs ahead of the national picture on employment in small and medium enterprises at 8.6%. On value added per enterprise worker at ₹1,42,346, it sits close to the national mark.