Lok Sabha Question No. 2289 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2022-03-15
Subject: DDU-GKY in NER
Ministry: RURAL DEVELOPMENT
Asked by: C. Lalrosanga

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

## LOK  SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 2289

ANSWERED ON 15/03/2022

## DDU-GKY IN NER

## 2289.   SHRI C. LALROSANGA:

Will the Minister of RURAL DEVELOPMENT be pleased to state:

- (a) the features of Deen Dayal Upadhya Grameen Kaushalaya Yojana (DDU-GKY);
- (b) the manner in which it is helping the rural poor families and cater to the career aspirations of the rural youth;
- (c) the details of its performance in the North East; and
- (d) whether the Government has made any specific study on its performance in NorthEastern Region, if so, the details thereof and if not, the reasons therefor?

## ANSWER

## MINISTER OF STATE IN THE MINISTRY OF RURAL DEVELOPMENT (SADHVI NIRANJAN JYOTI)

- (a) The  Deen  Dayal  Upadhyay-Grameen  Kaushal  Yojana  (DDU-GKY),  which  is  a placement linked skill development program for rural poor youth in the age group of 15-35 years,  is  being  implemented  by  the  Government  since  September,  2014.  DDU-GKY guidelines provide for earmarking 50% of the funds for SCs and STs and 15% for minorities. Further,  one  third  beneficiaries  of  the  respective  categories  under  the  scheme  should  be women.
- (b) DDU-GKY  has  helped  youth  from  poor  rural  families  in  accessing  free  of  cost skilling program. DDU-GKY has been providing skilling options in 616 job roles till now as  per  the  aspirations  of  rural  youth  and  imparting  required  and  relevant  skills  to  rural youth.  DDU-GKY  provides  for  placement  of  minimum  70%  of  trained  candidates providing them with jobs having regular monthly wages.
- (c) The details of performance in the North East is as given below:

| Cumulative performance of NE States under DDUGKY from 2014-15 till Feb 2022   | Cumulative performance of NE States under DDUGKY from 2014-15 till Feb 2022   | Cumulative performance of NE States under DDUGKY from 2014-15 till Feb 2022   | Cumulative performance of NE States under DDUGKY from 2014-15 till Feb 2022   | Cumulative performance of NE States under DDUGKY from 2014-15 till Feb 2022   |
|-------------------------------------------------------------------------------|-------------------------------------------------------------------------------|-------------------------------------------------------------------------------|-------------------------------------------------------------------------------|-------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
| Sl. No.                                                                       | North Eastern States                                                          | Cumulative performance                                                        | Cumulative performance                                                        | Funds Released                                                                |
| Sl. No.                                                                       | North Eastern States                                                          | Trained                                                                       | Placed                                                                        | (Rs in Lakhs)                                                                 |
| 1                                                                             | Arunachal Pradesh                                                             | 138                                                                           | 43                                                                            | 2564.462                                                                      |
| 2                                                                             | Assam                                                                         | 54319                                                                         | 33126                                                                         | 37206.610                                                                     |
| 3                                                                             | Manipur                                                                       | 2958                                                                          | 1049                                                                          | 7169.791                                                                      |
| 4                                                                             | Meghalaya                                                                     | 2633                                                                          | 1197                                                                          | 5295.093                                                                      |
| 5                                                                             | Mizoram                                                                       | 783                                                                           | 461                                                                           | 2681.588                                                                      |
| 6                                                                             | Nagaland                                                                      | 2323                                                                          | 901                                                                           | 6712.146                                                                      |
| 7                                                                             | Sikkim                                                                        | 920                                                                           | 414                                                                           | 2131.245                                                                      |
| 8                                                                             | Tripura                                                                       | 6860                                                                          | 4210                                                                          | 7081.403                                                                      |

(d) Ministry of Rural Development has not made any specific study on the performance of DDU-GKY for North Eastern Region. However, NITI Aayog has conducted an evaluation of  National Rural Livelihoods Mission and DDU-GKY as one of the component of NRLM was  evaluated.  DDU-GKY  program  design  lets  the  program  carry  out  in  depth  three  tier monitoring by Project Implementing  Agencies, State and Central Technical Support Agencies.  Review  of program  implementation  with  States  and  Project  Implementing Agencies is carried out regularly for achieving the desired outcome of the program.

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