DEEN DAYAL UPADHYAYA GRAMEEN KAUSHALYA YOJANA

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DDU-GKY has helped youth from poor rural families in accessing free of cost skilling program.- PIB

Deen Dayal Upadhyaya Grameen Kaushalya Yojana

Grameen Kaushalya Yojana or DDU-GKY is a Government of India youth employment scheme.
DDU-GKY was launched in 2014 on the occasion of 98th birth anniversary of Pandit Deendayal Upadhyaya.
Vision: "Transform rural poor youth into an economically independent and globally relevant workforce".
Aim: 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 or above the minimum wages. It is one of the cluster of initiatives of the Ministry of Rural Development, that seeks to promote rural livelihoods.

It aims to target youth, in the age group of 15–35 years.

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.

Approach of DDU-GKY

Shift in emphasis - from training to career progression.
Enable poor and marginalized to access benefits from growth.
Ease the pain of migration when it is inevitable.
Proactive approach to building partnerships.
Monitoring of inputs and outputs, where main focus is on Placement i.e. output.
It enables states to take full ownership of DDU-GKY projects it has been decided not to consider any more Multi State Projects (MSP).
State government as the main player - Single State Project (SSP) to Annual Action Plans (AAP).
Special scheme in collaboration with Ministry of Development of North Eastern Region (DONER) for skilling projects specific to the needs, requirements and the special characteristics of States in the north east.
Enhancing the Capacity of Project Implementing Agencies (PIAs).
Consent and State share is mandatory.

Coverage of the scheme of DDU-GKY

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.