Around 620 Kendras nationwide channel rural and non-student youth into clubs, camps, sports, and volunteering.
51.4% of young men in Indore read a newspaper regularly, better than the typical district. 81.3% 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.
76% of registered enterprises are in services while 24% are in manufacturing. Small and medium enterprises account for 9.6% of MSME employment. Enrolment in classes 9 to 12 equals 80% of the population of that age.
In Indore, which ranks 2 of 55 in Madhya Pradesh for youth opportunity, the overall opportunity score is 52 out of 100. The district runs ahead of the national picture on women who read a newspaper regularly at 34.1%, against 11.0% nationally, women using the internet at 49.4%, against 30.9% nationally and higher-education enrolment at 80.9%, against 20.1% nationally, while it lags on young people in the labour force aged 15 to 29 at 41%, against 47% nationally.