Around 620 Kendras nationwide channel rural and non-student youth into clubs, camps, sports, and volunteering.
57.6% of young men in South Goa read a newspaper regularly, better than the typical district. 80.7% 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.
84% of registered enterprises are in services while 16% are in manufacturing. Only 7% of employment is in small and medium enterprises. 83% of school-age children are enrolled in higher secondary school (classes 9–12).
In South Goa, which ranks 2 of 2 in Goa for youth opportunity, the overall opportunity score is 64.5 out of 100. It runs ahead of the national picture on women who read a newspaper regularly at 54.5%, women using the internet at 77.4%, young people in the labour force aged 15 to 29 at 56.2% and higher-education enrolment at 43%.