Around 620 Kendras nationwide channel rural and non-student youth into clubs, camps, sports, and volunteering.
10.8% of young men in Tarn Taran read a newspaper regularly, behind the typical district. 63.5% 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.
73% of registered enterprises are in services while 27% are in manufacturing. Only 2% of employment is in small and medium enterprises. 73% of school-age children are enrolled in higher secondary school (classes 9–12).
In Tarn Taran, which ranks 22 of 23 in Punjab for youth opportunity, the overall opportunity score is 50 out of 100. The district runs ahead of the national picture on women using the internet at 47.1% and young people in the labour force aged 15 to 29 at 53.1%, while it lags on women who read a newspaper regularly at 6.3% and higher-education enrolment at 6.4%.