Deen Dayal Upadhyay Grameen Kaushal Yojana (DDU-GKY)

Scheme of Deen Dayal Upadhyay Grameen Kaushal  Yojana (DDU-GKY) is being implemented by Ministry of Rural Development. 

Program Funding:- (It is a centrally sponsored scheme, CSS)

• For all states excluding NE - 75% Centre and 25% state govt.
• For NE state - 90% by Centre and 10% by the state govt.

It is a placement linked skill development program for rural poor youth.

This initiative is a part of the National Rural Livelihoods Mission. It is also an important component of the National Skill Development Policy.

This scheme provides for social inclusion through mandatory coverage of:

• 50% for Scheduled caste and Scheduled Tribe candidates and 15% for Minority candidates at national level.
• DDU-GKY also provides for a mandatory coverage of 33% women candidates in all the projects. 

 

Important features of DDU-GKY, inter-alia, are as follows:

• Market-led, placement-linked training programme for rural youth.

• • Mandatory assured placement to 75% of the trained candidates.
  • Focus on rural youth from poor families in the age group of 15 to 35 years.
    • Social inclusion of candidates through mandatory coverage of socially disadvantaged groups.
  • Minimum Salary of Rs.6000 per month or minimum wages specified by a State Government, whichever is higher (after a three month training course).
  • Post-placement support to candidates.
  • Career progression support, job-retention support and foreign placement support for quality outcomes in placements.
  • In allocation of skill projects, primacy given to Training Partners who can train and support overseas placement and captive placements.

Special Focus on Regional Integration:-

• • • A special sub scheme for the youth of Jammu and Kashmir called HIMAYAT
      • Aimed at training and placement of 1 lakh youth from the state (FY 11-12 to 16-17) in Five Years
      • Priority will be given to school and college dropouts who have completed 10th, 12th and so on.
      • 100% centrally funded with a budget of around 235 cr.
      • skilling and placement program ranging from 3,6 to 9 months.
    • A special initiative for the rural youth of the  27 most affected LWE (Left Wing Extremist) districts across nine states called ROSHNI.
      • National Institute of Rural Development as monitoring and coordinating agency 
      • 50,000 youth in three years
      • 40% seats for women with tribal groups on priority

DDU-GKY is undertaken as PPP Project through Private and Public organizations registered with Ministry of Rural Development.

• DDU-GKY is a demand driven program.
• At present, an organization that is a registered legal entity in India can partner with DDU-GKY as a Project Implementing Agency (PIA).

As DDU-GKY aims  skilling for rural poor youth to be aspirational and provide training benchmarked to global norms, as far as possible; the  implementation strategy therefore enables the youth to access best of  training  and related facilities in locations where they are most suitably available  and does not therefore make it  necessary for the centres to be taken to the candidate, but rather the candidates are taken to training centers to ensure quality and better assimilation into mainstream labour markets.