Around 620 Kendras nationwide channel rural and non-student youth into clubs, camps, sports, and volunteering.
54.3% of young men in Poonch read a newspaper regularly, better than the typical district. 73.3% 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.
83% of registered enterprises are in services while 17% are in manufacturing. Only 1% of employment is in small and medium enterprises. 64% of school-age children are enrolled in higher secondary school (classes 9–12).
In Poonch, which ranks 18 of 20 in Jammu and Kashmir for youth opportunity, the overall opportunity score is 48.1 out of 100. The district runs ahead of the national picture on women who read a newspaper regularly at 16.8%, women using the internet at 48.2% and young people in the labour force aged 15 to 29 at 56.1%, while it lags on higher-education enrolment at 9.3%.