Question : Jobs Under DDU-GKY

(a) whether the Government is running the Deen Dayal Upadhyay Grameen Kaushalya Yojana (DDU-GKY) in the country and if so, the details thereof;

(b) whether the rural youths are being imparted training under this scheme in the country including districts of Maharashtra especially in Nashik, districts of Haryana especially in Kurukshetra, districts in West Bengal especially in Alipurduar and districts of Uttar Pradesh especially Etawa;

(c) if so, the details of youths provided training till date and if not, the reasons therefor;

(d) whether jobs/placements have been provided to these trained youths and if so, the details thereof; and

(e) the percentage of trained youths who have been provided job opportunities alongwith the details thereof?

MINISTER OF RURAL DEVELOPMENT
(SHRI NARENDRA SINGH TOMAR)


(a) Yes, Sir. Ministry of Rural Development is implementing Deen Dayal Upadhyaya Grameen KaushalyaYojana (DDU-GKY), a placement linked skill development program for rural poor youth under National Rural Livelihoods Mission (NRLM) since September, 2014. Rural Youth in the age group of 15-35 Years are covered under this scheme. There is a mandatory coverage of socially disadvantaged groups, i.e for SC/ST-50%, Minorities- 15%, and Women-33% under DDU-GKY.
DDU-GKY follows a 3-tier implementation architecture in PPP mode, with the National Unit responsible for policy, funding of central share and technical support, State Rural Livelihood Missions (SRLMs)/ State Skills Missions responsible for funding of state share, implementation and monitoring controls, and Project Implementing Agencies (PIAs), mostly private training partners, responsible for mobilization, training and placements.

Under DDU-GKY, two special programs are being implemented:
i. ROSHNI program is being implemented for 27 left wing extremist affected areas of 9 States with mandatory residential course with 40% coverage to women candidates
ii. Himayat- All youth of the UT of Jammu & Kashmir and Ladakh are covered under this scheme.
DDU-GKY follows a funding pattern of 60:40 between Centre and State generally. Funding pattern in case 8 North Eastern States, Uttarakhand and Himachal Pradesh is 90:10 between Centre and State. All UTs including UT of J&K and Ladakh, receives 100% funding from Centre.
DDU-GKY is working with 760 PIAs having 1638 Projects with 1792 Training centres across the country. Under DDU-GKY, a total of 10.63 lakh candidates have been trained and 6.80 Lakh candidates have been placed since inception (September, 2014) till December, 2020. Year-wise break-up of the same is given below:-

Year Total no. of candidates trained under DDU-GKY Total no. of candidates placed under
DDU-GKY
2014-15 43,038 21,446
2015-16 2,36,471 1,09,512
2016-17 1,62,586 1,47,883
2017-18 1,31,527 75,787
2018-19 2,41,080 1,38,248
2019-20 2,38,336 1,50,199
2020-21
(Till December 2020) 9,986 36,933
Total 10,63,024 6,80,008


(b) to (e) Yes Sir. DDU-GKY is being implemented in various districts of Maharashtra including Nashik, districts of Haryana including in Kurukshetra, districts in West Bengal including Alipurduar and districts of Uttar Pradesh including Etawa. The district-wise number of candidates trained, placed and percentage of placement since 2014-15 till December, 2020 in Maharashtra, Haryana, West Bengal and Uttar Pradesh is given at Annexure-1, Annexure-2, Annexure-3 and Annexure-4 respectively.

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