Pillar: Agency & Engagement
35.4% of young men in Shahdara read a newspaper regularly, better than the typical district. 87.4% 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.
66% of registered enterprises are in services while 34% are in manufacturing. Only 10% of employment is in small and medium enterprises.
In Shahdara, which ranks 10 of 11 in Delhi for youth opportunity, the overall opportunity score is 58.7 out of 100. The district runs ahead of the national picture on women who read a newspaper regularly at 20%, women using the internet at 67.6% and higher-education enrolment at 49%, while it lags on young people in the labour force aged 15 to 29 at 31.3%.
Mandated services and how to locate the MY Bharat / NYKS in Shahdara are in the Shahdara district course and the English reference guide (Hindi). See the Shahdara youth opportunity scorecard for the full district picture.