Around 620 Kendras nationwide channel rural and non-student youth into clubs, camps, sports, and volunteering.
25.3% of young men in Ri Bhoi read a newspaper regularly, close to the typical district. 44.1% 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.
71% of registered enterprises are in services while 29% are in manufacturing. Small and medium enterprises account for 9.8% of MSME employment. Enrolment in classes 9 to 12 equals 66% of the population of that age.
In Ri Bhoi, which ranks 3 of 12 in Meghalaya for youth opportunity, the overall opportunity score is 45 out of 100. It runs ahead of the national picture on women who read a newspaper regularly at 20.6%, against 11.0% nationally, young people in the labour force aged 15 to 29 at 54.7%, against 47.1% nationally and higher-education enrolment at 37.4%, against 20.1% nationally. On women using the internet at 29.4%, it sits close to the national mark.