Around 620 Kendras nationwide channel rural and non-student youth into clubs, camps, sports, and volunteering.
40.7% of young men in Vadodara read a newspaper regularly, better than the typical district. 66.8% 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 9% of employment is in small and medium enterprises. 65% of school-age children are enrolled in higher secondary school (classes 9–12).
In Vadodara, which ranks 3 of 33 in Gujarat for youth opportunity, the overall opportunity score is 53.2 out of 100. It runs ahead of the national picture on women who read a newspaper regularly at 27.4%, women using the internet at 41.1%, young people in the labour force aged 15 to 29 at 60.1% and higher-education enrolment at 36.5%.