Around 620 Kendras nationwide channel rural and non-student youth into clubs, camps, sports, and volunteering.
13% of young men in East Khasi Hills read a newspaper regularly, behind the typical district. 39.6% 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.
84% of registered enterprises are in services while 16% are in manufacturing. Only 7% of employment is in small and medium enterprises. 75% of school-age children are enrolled in higher secondary school (classes 9–12).
In East Khasi Hills, which ranks 1 of 12 in Meghalaya for youth opportunity, the overall opportunity score is 49.6 out of 100. It runs ahead of the national picture on women who read a newspaper regularly at 34.6%, women using the internet at 44%, young people in the labour force aged 15 to 29 at 53.4% and higher-education enrolment at 45%.