(a) the objectives of Deendayal Upadhyaya Grameen Kaushal Yojana;
(b) the manner in which the Rural Self-Employment Training Institutes train the differenctly-abled persons so that they can become self-reliant; and
(c) the plan of the Government for the development of differently-abled persons living in rural and tribal areas of Gujarat?
MINISTER OF STATE IN THE MINISTRY OF RURAL DEVELOPMENT
(SADHVI NIRANJAN JYOTI)
(a) Deen Dayal Upadhyaya Grameen Kaushalya Yojana (DDU-GKY) aims to skill rural youth who are poor and provide them with jobs having regular monthly wages at or above the minimum wages. It is one of the cluster of initiatives of the Ministry of Rural Development, Government of India that seeks to promote rural livelihoods. It is a part of the National Rural Livelihood Mission (NRLM) - the Mission for poverty reduction called Aajeevika.
(b) There are 585 RSETIs imparting training to unemployed Rural Youth across the country. These RSETIs are training differently abled persons by treating them under priority category i.e. under SECC (Socio Economic Caste Census). The differently abled candidates are being enrolled for training programs either along with other candidates or as separate group for differently abled candidates.
In both the circumstances, the RSETI staff are giving special focus to the differently abled in life skills, having training centre infrastructure differently abled friendly, clarifying their doubts, giving them written notes, if they cannot write, supply of drinking water at learning tables itself, helping them to go to dining table for lunch and dinner, and other help in getting trained in smooth manner and preference in settlement and credit linkage etc.
(c) In Gujarat there are 28 RSETIs functioning in Gujarat State. They are imparting training to abled as well differently abled candidates in the same manner. The details of the differently abled rural poor trained and settled in Gujarat state are hereunder:
Particulars Trained Settled
Last 7 years Up to 31.03.2021 1023 788
2021-22 up to October 2021 17 23
Total 1040 811
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