Lok Sabha Question No. 1791 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2018-12-20
Subject: DDU-GKY
Ministry: RURAL DEVELOPMENT
Asked by: KRISHN PRATAP SINGH

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF RURAL DEVELOPMENT DEPARTMENT OF RURAL DEVELOPMENT

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 1791

TO BE ANSWERED ON 20.12.2018

## DDU-GKY

## 1791.   DR. KRISHAN PRATAP:

Will the Minister of RURAL DEVELOPMENT be pleased to state:

- (a) whether  the  Government  proposes  to  provide  remunerative  employment  to  the  rural population, particularly the BPL and Scheduled Caste/Scheduled Tribe category through skill  training  programmes  conducted  under  the  Deen  Dayal  Upadhyaya  Grameen Kaushalya Yojana (DDU-GKY);
- (b) if so, the details thereof; and
- (c) the  number  of  persons  belonging  to  the  BPL  and  Scheduled  Caste/Scheduled  Tribe category who were provided initial skill training under the said programme, State-wise?

## ANSWER MINISTER OF STATE IN THE MINISTRY OF RURAL DEVELOPMENT (SHRI RAM KRIPAL YADAV)

(a) & (b): Yes, Madam. Ministry of Rural Development is implementing Deen Dayal Upadhyaya Grameen  Kaushalya  Yojana  (DDU-KKY),  a  placement  linked  skill  development  program  for rural  poor  youth  of  the  country  under  National  Rural  Livelihoods  Mission  (NRLM).  All  the candidates  trained  under  DDU-GKY  belong  to  BPL  category  except  in  J&K  where  APL candidates are also eligible for training under this scheme. DDU-GKY Guidelines provides for a mandatory assured placement to 70% of the trained candidates. The Guidelines also provide for earmarking 50% of fund allocation for Scheduled Caste and Scheduled Tribe category at national level.

(c): The State-wise total number of persons  and Scheduled Caste/ Scheduled Tribe category who were imparted skill training under DDU-GKY since inception (September, 2014)  till November, 2018 is given below:-

| Sl. No.   | State             |   Total Trained |   SC Trained |   ST Trained |
|-----------|-------------------|-----------------|--------------|--------------|
| 1         | Andhra Pradesh    |           55135 |        21735 |         8475 |
| 2         | Arunachal Pradesh |               0 |            0 |            0 |
| 3         | Assam             |           32211 |         4467 |         6060 |
| 4         | Bihar             |           31598 |        11716 |         1929 |
| 5         | Chhattisgarh      |           23727 |         5180 |         7473 |
| 6         | Gujarat           |           14465 |         2344 |         5988 |
| 7         | Haryana           |           27871 |        15135 |          470 |
| 8         | Himachal Pradesh  |            2188 |          804 |          276 |
| 9         | Jammu and Kashmir |           44045 |          404 |          235 |
| 10        | Jharkhand         |           25753 |         4476 |         8091 |
| 11        | Karnataka         |           34453 |        11304 |         4262 |
| 12        | Kerala            |           34811 |        10034 |         3044 |
| 13        | Madhya Pradesh    |           35017 |         7934 |         7855 |
| 14        | Maharashtra       |           17370 |         5137 |         3882 |
| 15        | Manipur           |               0 |            0 |            0 |
| 16        | Meghalaya         |             514 |            3 |          504 |
| 17        | Mizoram           |              72 |            0 |            0 |
| 18        | Nagaland          |               0 |            0 |            0 |
| 19        | Odisha            |          114056 |        26169 |        28281 |
| 20        | Punjab            |            6508 |         2309 |          925 |
| 21        | Rajasthan         |           37682 |        14984 |         7266 |
| 22        | Sikkim            |             304 |            4 |           86 |
| 23        | Tamil Nadu        |           22842 |         8906 |          108 |
| 24        | Telangana         |           35825 |        12245 |         5078 |
| 25        | Tripura           |            3955 |          804 |         1281 |
| 26        | Uttar Pradesh     |           90193 |        34008 |         1535 |
| 27        | Uttarakhand       |             397 |          168 |           11 |
| 28        | West Bengal       |           10037 |         4757 |         1308 |
|           | Total             |          701029 |       205027 |       104423 |