Around 620 Kendras nationwide channel rural and non-student youth into clubs, camps, sports, and volunteering.
29.6% of young men in Jammu read a newspaper regularly, close to the typical district. 82.2% 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.
87% of registered enterprises are in services while 13% are in manufacturing. Only 7% of employment is in small and medium enterprises. 77% of school-age children are enrolled in higher secondary school (classes 9–12).
In Jammu, which ranks 4 of 20 in Jammu and Kashmir for youth opportunity, the overall opportunity score is 54.8 out of 100. It runs ahead of the national picture on women who read a newspaper regularly at 13.9%, women using the internet at 58.7% and higher-education enrolment at 47.5%. On young people in the labour force aged 15 to 29 at 51.8%, it sits close to the national mark.