Pillar: Agency & Engagement
8.2% of young men in Kinnaur read a newspaper regularly, behind the typical district. 70.1% 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 2% of employment is in small and medium enterprises. Only 56% of school-age children are enrolled in higher secondary school (classes 9–12). Only 43% of ITI trainers are certified.
In Kinnaur, which ranks 7 of 12 in Himachal Pradesh for youth opportunity, the overall opportunity score is 54.8 out of 100. The district runs ahead of the national picture on women using the internet at 50.4% and young people in the labour force aged 15 to 29 at 58.5%, while it lags on women who read a newspaper regularly at 5.5% and higher-education enrolment at 9.9%.
Mandated services and how to locate the MY Bharat / NYKS in Kinnaur are in the Kinnaur district course and the English reference guide (Hindi). See the Kinnaur youth opportunity scorecard for the full district picture.