Pillar: Agency & Engagement
12.3% of young men in Changlang read a newspaper regularly, behind the typical district. 75.4% use the internet, better than the typical district. MY Bharat and the Nehru Yuva Kendra Sangathan build on this base to organise youth for civic and community participation.
58% of registered enterprises are in services while 42% are in manufacturing. Only 4% of employment is in small and medium enterprises. Only 53% of school-age children are enrolled in higher secondary school (classes 9–12). Only 22% of ITI trainers are certified.
In Changlang, which ranks 9 of 27 in Arunachal Pradesh for youth opportunity, the overall opportunity score is 51.5 out of 100. The district runs ahead of the national picture on women using the internet at 48.4%, while it lags on women who read a newspaper regularly at 2.3% and higher-education enrolment at 6.7%. On young people in the labour force aged 15 to 29 at 50.1%, it sits close to the national mark.
Mandated services and how to locate the MY Bharat / NYKS in Changlang are in the Changlang district course and the English reference guide (Hindi). See the Changlang youth opportunity scorecard for the full district picture.