Around 620 Kendras nationwide channel rural and non-student youth into clubs, camps, sports, and volunteering.
36.8% of young men in Lunglei read a newspaper regularly, better than the typical district. 75.5% 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.
77% of registered enterprises are in services while 23% are in manufacturing. Only 2% of employment is in small and medium enterprises. Only 58% of school-age children are enrolled in higher secondary school (classes 9–12).
In Lunglei, which ranks 9 of 11 in Mizoram for youth opportunity, the overall opportunity score is 52.2 out of 100. The district runs ahead of the national picture on women who read a newspaper regularly at 37.4% and women using the internet at 56.2%, while it lags on young people in the labour force aged 15 to 29 at 27.3%. On higher-education enrolment at 20.1%, it sits close to the national mark.