Around 620 Kendras nationwide channel rural and non-student youth into clubs, camps, sports, and volunteering.
43.4% of young men in Meerut read a newspaper regularly, better than the typical district. 71.3% 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.
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. The district runs ahead of the national picture on women who read a newspaper regularly at 17.3%, women using the internet at 44.2% and higher-education enrolment at 30.2%, while it lags on young people in the labour force aged 15 to 29 at 38.8%.