Lok Sabha Question No. 1481 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2022-07-26
Subject: Minimum Placement Rate under DDU-GKY
Ministry: RURAL DEVELOPMENT
Asked by: Rahul Gandhi

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

## LOK  SABHA

## UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 1481 ANSWERED ON 26/07/2022

## MINIMUM PLACEMENT RATE UNDER DDU-GKY

## 1481.   SHRI RAHUL GANDHI:

Will the Minister of RURAL DEVELOPMENT be pleased to state:

- (a) whether the Government has been able to achieve the minimum placement rate under the Deen Dayal Upadhyaya Grameen Kaushalya Yojana (DDU-GKY), if not, the reasons therefor;
- (b) the details of students trained and placed under the DDU-GKY in Wayanad Parliamentary Constituency, year-wise;
- (c) whether Wayanad Parliamentary Constituency has achieved the targeted placement rate and if not, the reasons therefor; and
- (d) whether the Ministry proposes to establish new training centres in this Constituency under the DDUGKY and if so, the details thereof?

## ANSWER

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

- (a) Under  DDUGKYplacement  of  the  trained  candidates  is  to  be  arranged  by  Project Implementing Agencies (PIA). All payments to the PIA is linked to achieving outcome of the programme  i.e.  the  placement  of  the  trained  candidates.  As  per  DDUGKY  guidelines  the placement should be minimum 70% of the trained candidates.Under DDU-GKY from 201415 a total 1227894 candidates have been trained and 740222 candidates have been placed till June,  2022  which  is  60.28%.  The  placements  of  trained  candidates  are  affected  due  to multiplicity  of  factors,  like  non  migration  of  the  trained  candidates  to  placement  location, wages being offered by employers not meeting expectation of trained candidates and impact of COVID-19 outbreak during 2020-21 and 2021-22.
- (b)  &  (c)  The  year-wise  details  of  students  trained  and  placed  in  Wayanad  Parliamentary Constituency under DDU-GKY is given below:

| Constituency: Wayanad   | Constituency: Wayanad   | Constituency: Wayanad   |
|-------------------------|-------------------------|-------------------------|
| Year                    | Trained                 | Placed                  |
| 2015-16                 | 460                     | 260                     |
| 2016-17                 | 582                     | 375                     |
| 2017-18                 | 583                     | 418                     |
| 2018-19                 | 773                     | 548                     |
| 2019-20                 | 869                     | 674                     |
| 2020-21                 | 293                     | 185                     |
| 2021-22                 | 573                     | 409                     |
| Total                   | 4133                    | 2869                    |
| Percentage of Placement | 69.42%                  | 69.42%                  |

The overall placement percentage in Wayanad is slightly below the targeted placement i.e. 70%  placement  of  trained  candidates.The  placements  were  badly  affected  by  COVID-19

outbreak during 2020-21 and 2021-22. (d) Under DDU-GKY training centres are not opened by the Government. The DDU-GKY projects are awarded to Project Implementation Agencies (PIAs) by State Rural Livelihood Missions/State  Skill  Missions  after  following  due  process.  The  PIAs  then  establish  and operate training centres, as per standard requirement of the project.

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