Deen Dayal Upadhyaya Grameen Kaushalya Yojana (DDU-GKY)
Introduction
- Ministry Of Rural Development
- Deen Dayal Upadhyay Grameen Kaushalya Yojana (DDU-GKY)
- Skill training and placement program
Objectives
- Enable poor and marginalized to access benefits
- Inclusive program design
- Shifting emphasis from training to career progression
- Greater support for placed candidates
- Proactive approach to build placement partnerships
- Enhancing the capacity of implementation partners
- Regional focus
- Standards-led delivery
Benefits
- Skilling and placement involve eight distinct steps
- Jobs that pay above minimum wages
- Supporting sustainability after placement
Eligibility
- Rural youth who are poor
- Age limit: 15-35 (45 for women, PVTGs, PwDs, Transgender, and other special groups)
- Focus on SC/ST, minorities, and women
- No separate targets for special groups
- Strategies to address issues of access for special groups
Implementation Strategy
- Participatory Identification of Poor (PIP)
- Earmarking of funds for SC/ST, minorities, and women
- Separate projects for PwD
- Sensitization of employers for PwD
- Note on placement linked training of PwD
