Around 620 Kendras nationwide channel rural and non-student youth into clubs, camps, sports, and volunteering.
14% of young men in Dadra and Nagar Haveli read a newspaper regularly, behind the typical district. 67.9% 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.
78% of registered enterprises are in services while 22% are in manufacturing. Only 18% of employment is in small and medium enterprises. Only 43% of school-age children are enrolled in higher secondary school (classes 9–12).
In Dadra and Nagar Haveli, which ranks 2 of 3 in Dadra and Nagar Haveli and Daman and Diu for youth opportunity, the overall opportunity score is 54.8 out of 100. The district runs ahead of the national picture on young people in the labour force aged 15 to 29 at 56.3%, while it lags on women who read a newspaper regularly at 9.8% and higher-education enrolment at 14%. On women using the internet at 32.7%, it sits close to the national mark.