Around 620 Kendras nationwide channel rural and non-student youth into clubs, camps, sports, and volunteering.
40.7% of young men in Pondicherry read a newspaper regularly, better than the typical district. 82.7% 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.
82% of registered enterprises are in services while 18% are in manufacturing. Only 7% of employment is in small and medium enterprises. 67% of school-age children are enrolled in higher secondary school (classes 9–12).
In Pondicherry, which ranks 1 of 2 in Puducherry for youth opportunity, the overall opportunity score is 60 out of 100. It runs ahead of the national picture on women who read a newspaper regularly at 14.7%, women using the internet at 60.5% and higher-education enrolment at 61.5%. On young people in the labour force aged 15 to 29 at 43.6%, it sits close to the national mark.