Deen Dayal Upadhyaya Grameen Kaushalya Yojana
- September 25, 2020
- Posted by: OptimizeIAS Team
- Category: DPN Topics
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Subject: Schemes
Context:
- 25th September, 2014 was declared the ‘AntyodayaDiwas’ in honour of PanditDeenDayalUpadhyaya’s 98th Birth Anniversary.
- It was the same day when the Ministry of Rural Development (MoRD) revamped it’s existing skill development program called Aajeevika Skills as DeenDayalUpadhyayaGrameenKaushalyaYojana (DDU-GKY)
Concept:
- The Ministry of Rural Development implements DDU-GKY to drive this national agenda for inclusive growth, by developing skills and productive capacity of the rural youth from poor families.
Features:
- Demand led skill training at no cost to the rural poor
- Mandatory coverage of socially disadvantaged groups (SC/ST 50%; Minority 15%; Women 33%)
- Pioneers in providing incentives for job retention, career progression and foreign placements
- Post-placement support, migration support and alumni network
- Guaranteed Placement for at least 75% trained candidates
- Nurturing new training service providers and developing their skills
- Greater emphasis on projects for poor rural youth in Jammu and Kashmir (HIMAYAT), The North-East region and 27 Left-Wing Extremist (LWE) districts (ROSHINI)
- DDU-GKY follows a 3-tier implementation model. The DDU-GKY National Unit at MoRD functions as the policy-making, technical support and facilitation agency. The DDU-GKY State Missions provide implementation support; and the Project Implementing Agencies (PIAs) implement the programme through skilling and placement projects.