Around 620 Kendras nationwide channel rural and non-student youth into clubs, camps, sports, and volunteering.
27.5% of young men in Durg read a newspaper regularly, close to the typical district. 70.8% 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.
81% of registered enterprises are in services while 19% are in manufacturing. Only 8% of employment is in small and medium enterprises. 64% of school-age children are enrolled in higher secondary school (classes 9–12).
In Durg, which ranks 2 of 33 in Chhattisgarh for youth opportunity, the overall opportunity score is 51.1 out of 100. It runs ahead of the national picture on women who read a newspaper regularly at 28.5%, women using the internet at 37.7%, young people in the labour force aged 15 to 29 at 53.7% and higher-education enrolment at 48.5%.