Pillar: Agency & Engagement
21% of young men in Lower Siang read a newspaper regularly, behind the typical district. 73.5% 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.
53% of registered enterprises are in services while 47% are in manufacturing. Only 6% of employment is in small and medium enterprises. 80% of school-age children are enrolled in higher secondary school (classes 9–12).
In Lower Siang, which ranks 10 of 27 in Arunachal Pradesh for youth opportunity, the overall opportunity score is 50.4 out of 100. The district runs ahead of the national picture on women using the internet at 58.5% and higher-education enrolment at 58.9%, while it lags on women who read a newspaper regularly at 9.3%. On young people in the labour force aged 15 to 29 at 49.7%, it sits close to the national mark.
What the MY Bharat / NYKS is required to do, who runs it and how to find one are in the MY Bharat / NYKS reference. For Lower Siang specifically, see the Lower Siang district course and the English reference guide (Hindi). The Lower Siang youth opportunity scorecard carries the full district picture.