An ICAR-funded centre that tests improved farming on local fields and trains farmers and rural youth, free of charge.
21% of workers in Meerut are employed in agriculture, better than the typical district. The Krishi Vigyan Kendra provides the extension services and training this agriculture-dependent workforce relies on.
64% of registered enterprises are in services while 36% are in manufacturing. Only 5% of employment is in small and medium enterprises. 65% of school-age children are enrolled in higher secondary school (classes 9–12).
In Meerut, which ranks 5 of 75 in Uttar Pradesh for youth opportunity, the overall opportunity score is 49.8 out of 100. It runs ahead of the national picture on self-employed workers at 50.1%, value added per enterprise worker at ₹1,86,291 and households in the poorest wealth group at 2.5%.