Around 620 Kendras nationwide channel rural and non-student youth into clubs, camps, sports, and volunteering.
20.8% of young men in Solan read a newspaper regularly, behind the typical district. 74.3% 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.
82% of registered enterprises are in services while 18% are in manufacturing. Only 14% of employment is in small and medium enterprises. 100% of school-age children are enrolled in higher secondary school (classes 9–12).
In Solan, which ranks 1 of 12 in Himachal Pradesh for youth opportunity, the overall opportunity score is 67.2 out of 100. It runs ahead of the national picture on women who read a newspaper regularly at 16.9%, women using the internet at 50.7%, young people in the labour force aged 15 to 29 at 63.2% and higher-education enrolment at 65.7%.