Pillar: Agency & Engagement
60.5% of young men in Bengaluru Rural read a newspaper regularly, better than the typical district. 85.4% 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.
75% of registered enterprises are in services while 25% are in manufacturing. Only 8% of employment is in small and medium enterprises. 62% of ITI trainers are certified.
In Bengaluru Rural, which ranks 4 of 31 in Karnataka for youth opportunity, the overall opportunity score is 55.9 out of 100. It runs ahead of the national picture on women who read a newspaper regularly at 17.8%, women using the internet at 50.9% and higher-education enrolment at 32.2%. On young people in the labour force aged 15 to 29 at 47.1%, it sits close to the national mark.
Mandated services and how to locate the MY Bharat / NYKS in Bengaluru Rural are in the Bengaluru Rural district course and the English reference guide (Hindi). See the Bengaluru Rural youth opportunity scorecard for the full district picture.