Around 620 Kendras nationwide channel rural and non-student youth into clubs, camps, sports, and volunteering.
31.7% of young men in Surat read a newspaper regularly, better than the typical district. 68.5% 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.
53% of registered enterprises are in services while 47% are in manufacturing. Only 11% of employment is in small and medium enterprises. 75% of school-age children are enrolled in higher secondary school (classes 9–12).
In Surat, which ranks 6 of 33 in Gujarat for youth opportunity, the overall opportunity score is 52.9 out of 100. It runs ahead of the national picture on women who read a newspaper regularly at 24.1%, women using the internet at 44.2% and young people in the labour force aged 15 to 29 at 67.9%. On higher-education enrolment at 18.4%, it sits close to the national mark.