Pillar: Agency & Engagement
24.2% of young men in South East Delhi read a newspaper regularly, behind the typical district. 89.5% 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.
76% of registered enterprises are in services while 24% are in manufacturing. Only 11% of employment is in small and medium enterprises. 85% of school-age children are enrolled in higher secondary school (classes 9–12). Only 7% of ITI trainers are certified.
In South East Delhi, which ranks 2 of 11 in Delhi for youth opportunity, the overall opportunity score is 66.3 out of 100. The district runs ahead of the national picture on women who read a newspaper regularly at 25%, women using the internet at 76.1% and higher-education enrolment at 49%, while it lags on young people in the labour force aged 15 to 29 at 28.4%.
Mandated services and how to locate the MY Bharat / NYKS in South East Delhi are in the South East Delhi district course and the English reference guide (Hindi). See the South East Delhi youth opportunity scorecard for the full district picture.