Lok Sabha Question No. 3079 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2023-08-08
Subject: Special Education under DDUGKY
Ministry: RURAL DEVELOPMENT
Asked by: Mohanbhai Kalyanji Kundariya, Dinesh Lal "Nirahua" Yadav, Dipsinh Shankarsinh Rathod, Gopal Jee Thakur

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

## LOK  SABHA

## UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 3079 ANSWERED ON 08/08/2023

## SPECIAL EDUCATION UNDER DDUGKY

## 3079. SHRI MOHANBHAI KALYANJI KUNDARIYA:

SHRI DINESH LAL YADAV 'NIRAHUA': SHRI DIPSINH SHANKARSINH RATHOD: SHRI GOPAL JEE THAKUR:

Will the Minister of RURAL DEVELOPMENT be pleased to state:

- (a) the  details  of  training  that  is  being  provided  to  youths  under Deen  Dayal  Upadhyaya  Grameen  Kaushalya  Yojana  (DDU-GKY), State  and  districtwise  particularly  in  Gujarat  and  Darbhanga district of Bihar;
- (b) whether  any  special  educational/training  curriculum  has  been prepared for them in this regard;
- (c)
- if so, the details thereof;
- (d) whether  youths  who  are  undergoing  this  training  are  being provided stipend/scholarship/financial assistance during the training period; and
- (e) if  so,  the  details  thereof,  State  and  districtwise  particularly  in Gujarat and Darbhanga district of Bihar?

## ANSWER

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

- (a): The training being imparted to the youths under DDU-GKY across the country, including in Gujarat and Bihar, is based on the Qualification  Packs  approved  by  the  National  Skills  Qualification Committee.  The  training  consists  of  theory,  practical  and  on-the-job training  (OJT)  imparted  in  domain  skills,  computer  skills,  soft  skills and English.
- (b) &  (c):  No  special  educational/  training  curriculum  has  been prepared under DDU-GKY.

(d):  No stipend/ scholarship is being provided to either residential or non-residential  candidates  during  the  training  period.  Many  of  the assistance/ benefits given to residential and non-residential candidates  during  the  training  period  are  non-financial  in  nature. However,  the  following  two  benefits  provided  during  the  training period qualify as financial assistance, either partially or fully;

- i. 'One-time travel cost' for residential trainees (partially)
- ii. 'Food and transport cost' for non-residential trainees (fully)

The details of such assistance during the training period, according to the Guidelines of DDU-GKY, are given below;

|   S.no | Particulars (per candidate)                                                                                             | 3 months training duration (576 hours)   | 6 months training duration (1152 hours)   | 9 months training duration (1728 hours)   | 12 months training duration (2304 hours)   |
|--------|-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|------------------------------------------|-------------------------------------------|-------------------------------------------|--------------------------------------------|
|      1 | One-time travel cost for residential training: upto a maximum of Rs. 4,500 or as per actual, whichever is lower (in Rs) | 4,500                                    | 4,500                                     | 4,500                                     | 4,500                                      |
|      2 | Food and transport cost for non- residential training (in Rs.)                                                          | 11,700                                   | 23,400                                    | 35,100                                    | 46,800                                     |

- (e): The  district-wise  number  of  beneficiaries  of  DDU-GKY  is  not maintained centrally. State-wise number of beneficiaries (both residential and non-residential) including in Bihar and Gujarat is given in Annexure-I

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Annexure - I Annexure referred to in reply of part (e) of Unstarred Lok Sabha Question No. 3079 for 08.08.2023

| States/ Union Territories   | Total (as on end-June 2023)   | Total (as on end-June 2023)   |
|-----------------------------|-------------------------------|-------------------------------|
|                             | Trained                       | Placed                        |
| Andhra Pradesh              | 105955                        | 88311                         |
| Arunachal Pradesh           | 1000                          | 389                           |
| Assam                       | 70743                         | 39397                         |
| Bihar                       | 74158                         | 37879                         |
| Chhattisgarh                | 55636                         | 27595                         |
| Gujarat                     | 24071                         | 14059                         |
| Haryana                     | 40946                         | 30182                         |
| Himachal Pradesh            | 10471                         | 4559                          |
| Jammu and Kashmir           | 68491                         | 42349                         |
| Jharkhand                   | 62741                         | 29754                         |
| Karnataka                   | 51349                         | 31834                         |
| Kerala                      | 69122                         | 39348                         |
| Madhya Pradesh              | 76683                         | 38565                         |
| Maharashtra                 | 51087                         | 35295                         |
| Manipur                     | 5500                          | 1813                          |
| Meghalaya                   | 5414                          | 2689                          |
| Mizoram                     | 1246                          | 895                           |
| Nagaland                    | 5585                          | 3021                          |
| Odisha                      | 210854                        | 169189                        |
| Punjab                      | 31067                         | 18031                         |
| Rajasthan                   | 68629                         | 34661                         |
| Sikkim                      | 2115                          | 692                           |
| Tamil Nadu                  | 62414                         | 58975                         |
| Telangana                   | 61641                         | 47033                         |
| Tripura                     | 10147                         | 5524                          |
| Uttar Pradesh               | 190262                        | 48043                         |
| Uttarakhand                 | 16763                         | 7503                          |
| West Bengal                 | 36850                         | 20578                         |
| Puducherry                  | 1044                          | 291                           |
| A. N Islands                | 298                           | 43                            |
| Total                       | 14,72,282                     | 8,78,497                      |

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

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