Lok Sabha Question No. 4564 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2023-03-28
Subject: Training and Employment under DDU-GKY
Ministry: RURAL DEVELOPMENT
Asked by: Pritam Gopinath Munde, Chandra Sekhar Sahu, Rahul Ramesh Shewale, Girish Bhalchandra Bapat

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

## LOK  SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 4564

ANSWERED ON 28/03/2023

## TRAINING AND EMPLOYMENT UNDER DDU-GKY

4564.   DR. PRITAM GOPINATHRAO MUNDE: SHRI CHANDRA SEKHAR SAHU: SHRI RAHUL RAMESH SHEWALE:

SHRI GIRISH BHALCHANDRA BAPAT:

Will the Minister of RURAL DEVELOPMENT be pleased to state:

- (a) whether the  Union Government  has been providing training under Deen  Dayal UpadhyayaGrameen Kaushalya Yojana (DDU-GKY) in the country;
- (b) if so, the number of candidates trained under DDU-GKY and the number of candidates out of them who have been placed during each of the last three years in various States particularly in Maharashtra and Odisha;
- (c) whether it is a fact that only 1/3rd of the candidates have been placed so far;
- (d) if  so,  the  details  thereof  and  the  reasons  for  such  low  response  under  DDU-GKY  in various States;
- (e) whether  the  Union  Government  has  taken  any  step  to  boost  rural  employment  of candidates under DDU-GKY; and
- (f) 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)     Yes  Sir.  Deen  Dayal  Upadhyaya  Grameen  Kaushalya  Yojana  (DDU-GKY)  is  being implemented  as  a  Centrally  sponsored  scheme  under  National  Rural  Livelihood  Mission (NRLM) since the year 2014-15.

(b)    Number  of  candidates  trained  and  placed  under  DDU-GKY  in  the  States  (including Maharashtra and Odisha) during the last three years and current year are given at Annexure-I .

- (c)      No, this is not a fact.
- (d)      Does not arise.

(e)       There  is  no  specific  provision  of  rural  employment  under  DDU-GKY  programme.  The placments of candidates under this programme are provided in  industry units mostly located in urban areas.

- (f)       Does not arise.

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## Annexure referred to in reply to  part (b)  of  Lok Sabha Unstarred Question No. 4564 for 28.03.2023.

State-wise number of candidates trained and placed under DDU-GKY during the last three years and the current year (till Feb. 2023):

| Sl. No.   | State                    | FY 19-20   | FY 19-20   | FY 20-21   | FY 20-21   | FY 21-22   | FY 21-22   | FY 22-23 till Feb'23 as on 10.03.22(KB)   | FY 22-23 till Feb'23 as on 10.03.22(KB)   |
|-----------|--------------------------|------------|------------|------------|------------|------------|------------|-------------------------------------------|-------------------------------------------|
| Sl. No.   | State                    | Trained    | Placed     | Trained    | Placed     | Trained    | Placed     | Trained                                   | Placed                                    |
| 1         | Andhra Pradesh           | 15933      | 10795      | 4156       | 2177       | 1606       | 2135       | 14376                                     | 3609                                      |
| 2         | Arunachal Pradesh        | 84         | 0          | 28         | 33         | 233        | 71         | 609                                       | 196                                       |
| 3         | Assam                    | 11993      | 13862      | 1966       | 3296       | 3553       | 916        | 10097                                     | 3605                                      |
| 4         | Bihar                    | 14301      | 5916       | 2687       | 2745       | 7099       | 2491       | 10319                                     | 5138                                      |
| 5         | Chhattisgarh             | 9798       | 3842       | 1109       | 3683       | 6499       | 2883       | 8105                                      | 5200                                      |
| 6         | Gujarat                  | 3084       | 2249       | 240        | 875        | 830        | 599        | 1984                                      | 488                                       |
| 7         | Haryana                  | 1948       | 6013       | 26         | 1213       | 1772       | 680        | 4946                                      | 1722                                      |
| 8         | Himachal Pradesh         | 1980       | 1073       | 0          | 117        | 334        | 10         | 3756                                      | 1764                                      |
| 9         | Jammu and Kashmir        | 10516      | 1319       | 3454       | 1945       | 2300       | 1102       | 4217                                      | 1315                                      |
| 10        | Jharkhand                | 12866      | 8224       | 1050       | 1879       | 4035       | 1354       | 8363                                      | 4424                                      |
| 11        | Karnataka                | 5797       | 7226       | 769        | 1649       | 1442       | 673        | 2853                                      | 1499                                      |
| 12        | Kerala                   | 12812      | 8390       | 3053       | 2931       | 3219       | 1097       | 7250                                      | 3329                                      |
| 13        | Madhya Pradesh           | 10433      | 7348       | 903        | 969        | 6825       | 3977       | 13773                                     | 8721                                      |
| 14        | Maharashtra              | 13521      | 12765      | 874        | 3319       | 348        | 1612       | 3848                                      | 898                                       |
| 15        | Manipur                  | 1780       | 573        | 338        | 387        | 811        | 139        | 1867                                      | 395                                       |
| 16        | Meghalaya                | 1518       | 686        | 83         | 158        | 456        | 241        | 2034                                      | 906                                       |
| 17        | Mizoram                  | 554        | 359        | 37         | 88         | 105        | 94         | 193                                       | 163                                       |
| 18        | Nagaland                 | 1220       | 403        | 221        | 278        | 1009       | 614        | 2141                                      | 1214                                      |
| 19        | Odisha                   | 43278      | 30607      | 7978       | 7729       | 10474      | 4828       | 15114                                     | 8857                                      |
| 20        | Punjab                   | 2002       | 1311       | 2922       | 1931       | 6976       | 4188       | 7040                                      | 6685                                      |
| 21        | Rajasthan                | 14530      | 4692       | 981        | 1759       | 3096       | 3130       | 4840                                      | 2824                                      |
| 22        | Sikkim                   | 462        | 32         | 0          | 43         | 90         | 0          | 748                                       | 152                                       |
| 23        | Tamil Nadu               | 9685       | 3324       | 213        | 1286       | 8228       | 2941       | 12873                                     | 6535                                      |
| 24        | Telangana                | 9731       | 6839       | 2752       | 1436       | 3177       | 2494       | 1762                                      | 269                                       |
| 25        | Tripura                  | 1407       | 524        | 21         | 609        | 1049       | 193        | 1926                                      | 741                                       |
| 26        | Uttar Pradesh            | 24895      | 7341       | 1540       | 4068       | 16898      | 3765       | 31118                                     | 10374                                     |
| 27        | Uttarakhand              | 1518       | 672        | 367        | 416        | 3645       | 917        | 7141                                      | 3275                                      |
| 28        | West Bengal              | 9531       | 3829       | 521        | 2544       | 732        | 2424       | 7280                                      | 2364                                      |
| 29        | Puducherry* A&N Islands* |            |            |            |            | 165        | 44         | 536                                       | 202                                       |
| 30        |                          |            |            |            |            | 0          | 0          | 88                                        | 30                                        |
|           | Total                    | 247177     | 150214     | 38289      | 49563      | 97006      | 45612      | 191197                                    | 86894                                     |

Source: DDU-GKY MIS (kaushalpragati.nic.in and kaushalbharat.gov.in)

* The program commenced in Puducherry and A&N Islands in 2020-21.

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