A Common Facility Centre giving traditional craft clusters shared machinery, training, design help, and market access.
Kolkata has 49,362 manufacturing MSMEs. 33.3% 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 25% of employment is in small and medium enterprises. 72% of school-age children are enrolled in higher secondary school (classes 9–12).
In Kolkata, which ranks 1 of 23 in West Bengal for youth opportunity, the overall opportunity score is 60.4 out of 100. It runs ahead of the national picture on employment in small and medium enterprises at 25.1% and value added per enterprise worker at ₹1,88,863.