Pillar: Agency & Engagement
23% of young men in Ambala read a newspaper regularly, behind the typical district. 69.4% 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.
76% of registered enterprises are in services while 24% are in manufacturing. Only 7% of employment is in small and medium enterprises. 61% of school-age children are enrolled in higher secondary school (classes 9–12). Only 30% of ITI trainers are certified.
In Ambala, which ranks 18 of 22 in Haryana for youth opportunity, the overall opportunity score is 51.7 out of 100. The district runs ahead of the national picture on women who read a newspaper regularly at 17.2%, women using the internet at 48.3% and higher-education enrolment at 28.3%, while it lags on young people in the labour force aged 15 to 29 at 37.1%.
Mandated services and how to locate the MY Bharat / NYKS in Ambala are in the Ambala district course and the English reference guide (Hindi). See the Ambala youth opportunity scorecard for the full district picture.