Deen Dayal Upadhyaya Grameen Kaushalya Yojana

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Context: Women centric mobilization camps were organized under Deen Dayal Upadhyaya Grameen Kaushalya Yojana (DDU-GKY).

Details:

• More than 174 ‘women centric’ mobilization camps were organized under Deen Dayal Upadhyaya Grameen Kaushalya Yojana (DDU-GKY) across the country as part of the Azadi Ka Amrit Mahotsav by the Department of Rural Development (DoRD) marking International Women’s Day 2022.
• The event titled ‘Avsar Ki Azadi’ was organized through various State Rural Livelihood Missions (SRLMs), State Skills Missions (SSM) and Project Implementation Agencies (PIAs).

Deen Dayal Upadhyaya Grameen Kaushalya Yojana (DDU-GKY):

• The Ministry of Rural Development announced the Deen Dayal Upadhyaya Grameen Kaushalya Yojana (DDU-GKY) in 2014.
• DDU-GKY is a part of the National Rural Livelihood Mission (NRLM), tasked with the dual objectives of adding diversity to the incomes of rural poor families and cater to the career aspirations of rural youth.
• It is a nationwide placement-linked skill training program funded by the Ministry of Rural Development.
• DDUGKY aims to build the placement-linked skills of the poor rural youth and place them in wage employment across various sectors of the economy.
• The programme has an outcome led design with guaranteed placements for at least 70% trained candidates.

Present Status:

• The DDU-GKY programme is being implemented in 27 states and 3 UTs for rural poor youth with a special focus on placements.
• More than 871 Project Implementation Agencies (PIAs) are training rural poor youth through more than 2381 training centers.
• Nearly 11.5 lakh youth have been trained and 7.5 lakh youth have been placed till 31st January 2022.
• The DDU-GKY scheme mandates one-third of the total candidates being trained under the scheme to be women.
• The scheme targets rural poor youth in the age group of 15-35 years, the upper age limit for women candidates is 45 years.

Significance of DDU-GKY Scheme:

• It plays an instrumental role in supporting the social and economic programs of the government like the Make in India, Digital India, Smart Cities and Start-Up India, Stand-Up India campaigns.
• Over 180 million or 69% of the country’s youth population between the ages of 18 and 34 years, live in its rural areas. Of these, the bottom of the pyramid youth from poor families with no or marginal employment number about 55 million. DDU-GKY focuses on these rural youth.
• The Skilling Ecosystem integrated by DDU-GKY, ensures overall development of rural areas.
• Rural Youths are supported through investment, capacity building, strategies for retention, linkages to placement and technology support for training purposes.

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