Around 620 Kendras nationwide channel rural and non-student youth into clubs, camps, sports, and volunteering.
4.3% of young men in South Garo Hills read a newspaper regularly, behind the typical district. 49.6% 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.
67% of registered enterprises are in services while 33% are in manufacturing. Only 2% of employment is in small and medium enterprises. Only 42% of school-age children are enrolled in higher secondary school (classes 9–12).
In South Garo Hills, which ranks 9 of 12 in Meghalaya for youth opportunity, the overall opportunity score is 39.7 out of 100. The district runs ahead of the national picture on women using the internet at 38.6% and young people in the labour force aged 15 to 29 at 54.7%, while it lags on women who read a newspaper regularly at 5.9% and higher-education enrolment at 6.8%.