Deen Dayal Upadhyay Grameen Kaushalya Yojana (DDU-GKY), a part of the National Rural Livelihood Mission (NRLM) is a demand driven placement-linked skill training initiative of the Ministry of Rural Development (MoRD), Government of India, with the dual objectives of adding diversity to the incomes of rural poor families and catering to the career aspirations of rural youth.
Focus is on rural youth for imparting them skill training and providing them sustainable wage employment at or above the minimum wages with career progression. As on November 2019, over 9.5 lakh rural youth between of 18 and 35 years from ‘poorest of poor’ in 27 States and 2 UTs have been imparted skill training under this initiative. Of these, over 4.9 Lakh candidates have been placed in jobs (as on 16th Dec. 2019) under this programme.
Since its inception in September 2014, DDU-GKY has so far committed an investment of more than Rs. 5,600 crore, impacting rural youth across India through this unique skilling and placement programme. DDU-GKY is today implemented in 514 districts across 27 states and 2 UTs. It currently has over 1,282 projects being implemented by over 638 partners through more than 1,624 Training Centres, in more than 585 trades from 50 industry sectors.
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Speaking about the success of DDU-GKY, Dr. W.R. Reddy IAS, Director General, NIRDPR, said, “As industrial revolution is bringing in a paradigm shift to the way of employment and livelihood opportunities have traditionally been looked upon, skilling of eligible rural youth need to be not only meaningful, sustainable and future-proof, but need to continuously move up the value chain in the economy. DDU-GKY with its focus on rural youth and industry connect is a great initiative in this regard.”
Source: India Education Diary
