Around 620 Kendras nationwide channel rural and non-student youth into clubs, camps, sports, and volunteering.
39.9% of young men in Ghaziabad read a newspaper regularly, better than the typical district. 75.4% 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.
74% of registered enterprises are in services while 26% are in manufacturing. Only 9% of employment is in small and medium enterprises. 71% of school-age children are enrolled in higher secondary school (classes 9–12).
In Ghaziabad, which ranks 2 of 75 in Uttar Pradesh for youth opportunity, the overall opportunity score is 57.4 out of 100. The district runs ahead of the national picture on women who read a newspaper regularly at 19.2%, women using the internet at 64.2% and higher-education enrolment at 24.5%, while it lags on young people in the labour force aged 15 to 29 at 36.8%.