(a) whether the Government proposes to reduce employment discrimination by rolling out a scheme to give a minimum stipend to every disabled person from rural areas who gets a job through Government’s skill development programme;
(b) if so, the details thereof;
(c) the extent to which this scheme is likely to be beneficial;
(d) the percentage of disabled persons proposed to be covered under the scheme; and
(e) the timeline for implementing the proposed scheme?
MINISTER OF STATE IN THE MINISTRY OF RURAL DEVELOPMENT
(SHRI RAM KRIPAL YADAV)
(a) to (e): Ministry of Rural Development is undertaking a placement linked skill Development program for rural poor youth under National Rural Livelihoods Mission, called DeenDayalUpadhyayaGrameenKaushalYojana (DDU-GKY). This scheme does not provide for payment of stipend to candidates trained under the scheme, including disabled persons from rural areas.
However, DDU-GKY Guidelines provides for payment of a post placement support to every candidate who gets placed in jobs. DDU-GKY provides that every State Government undertaking DDU-GKY will ear mark 3% of its DDU-GKY skill development targets for skilling Persons with Disabilities.
DDU-GKY is an ongoing scheme.
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