Around 620 Kendras nationwide channel rural and non-student youth into clubs, camps, sports, and volunteering.
37.9% of young men in Imphal East read a newspaper regularly, better than the typical district. 80.2% 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.
48% of registered enterprises are in services while 52% are in manufacturing. Only 2% of employment is in small and medium enterprises. 81% of school-age children are enrolled in higher secondary school (classes 9–12).
In Imphal East, which ranks 2 of 16 in Manipur for youth opportunity, the overall opportunity score is 52.7 out of 100. It runs ahead of the national picture on women who read a newspaper regularly at 29.2%, women using the internet at 48.2%, young people in the labour force aged 15 to 29 at 54% and higher-education enrolment at 40.8%.