Around 620 Kendras nationwide channel rural and non-student youth into clubs, camps, sports, and volunteering.
13.2% of young men in East Garo Hills read a newspaper regularly, behind the typical district. 30.8% use the internet, behind the typical district. MY Bharat and the Nehru Yuva Kendra Sangathan build on this base to organise youth for civic and community participation.
54% of registered enterprises are in services while 46% are in manufacturing. Only 3% of employment is in small and medium enterprises. 60% of school-age children are enrolled in higher secondary school (classes 9–12).
In East Garo Hills, which ranks 12 of 12 in Meghalaya for youth opportunity, the overall opportunity score is 37.1 out of 100. The district runs ahead of the national picture on young people in the labour force aged 15 to 29 at 54.7%, while it lags on higher-education enrolment at 15.7%. On women who read a newspaper regularly at 10.8% and women using the internet at 32.9%, it sits close to the national mark.