Lok Sabha Question No. 384 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2025-12-02
Subject: NRLM in West Bengal
Ministry: RURAL DEVELOPMENT
Asked by: Shri Khalilur Rahaman

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

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 384 ANSWERED ON 02/12/2025

## NRLM IN WEST BENGAL

## 384. Shri KhalilurRahaman:

Will the Minister of RURAL DEVELOPMENT be pleased to state:

- (a) the  role  played  by  the  National  Rural  Livelihood  Mission (NRLM) in enhancing skill development and employment opportunities for rural youth in the country, particularly in West Bengal;
- (b) whether  any  partnership  has  been  made  with  private  sector institutions  or  NGOs  in  this  regard  and  if  so,  the  details thereof; and
- (c) the status and details of employment of youth under NRLM in West Bengal, district-wise;

## ANSWER

## MINISTER OF STATE IN THE MINISTRY OF RURAL DEVELOPMENT (SHRI KAMLESH PASWAN)

- (a): Under  the  umbrella  scheme  of  DeendayalAntyodayaYojana  National  Rural  Livelihoods  Mission  (DAY-NRLM),  Ministry  of  Rural Development is implementing the following two Centrally Sponsored Schemes namely DeenDayalUpadhyayaGrameenKaushalyaYojana (DDU-GKY) & Rural Self Employment Training Institutes (RSETI) in the  field  of  skill  development  for  rural  poor  youth  for  their  gainful employment  with  a  view  to  eradicate  poverty  in  the  country including  the  State  of  West  Bengal.  A  brief  on  the  Schemes  is  as under:
- I.  DeenDayalUpadhyayaGrameenKaushalyaYojana (DDU-GKY): DDUGKY is a placement-linked skill development program for rural poor youth in the age group of 15-35 years. It empowers the rural poor youth  with  employable  skills  and  facilitates  their  participation  in regular labour markets, thus providing them with jobs having regular monthly wages at or above the minimum wages. DDU-GKY guideline

provides social inclusion of SC/ST (50%),  Women (33%), and PwDs (5%).

- II.  Rural  Self  Employment  Training  Institutes  (RSETIs): RSETI  is  a Bank lead  -  Ministry  of  Rural  Development  (MoRD)  funded  training institutions established by the Sponsoring Banks in their Districts, to  provide  training  for  skill  and  entrepreneurship  development. MoRD  extends  financial  support  for  the  construction  of  RSETI building and also bears the cost of training the 'rural poor' candidates. Any unemployed youth in the age group of 18-50 years having an aptitude to take up self-employment or wage employment can undergo training at RSETI. Some of the trained candidates may also seek regular salaried jobs / wage employment.
2. (b): Yes.  DDU-GKY  scheme  operates  through  partnerships  with private sector institutions and NGOs. Under DDU- GKY, projects are implemented  in  project  mode  by  Project  Implementing  Agencies (PIAs). These PIAs may be any entity, which is:
- i)  A  Government  or  semi-government  organization  at  the  National and State level,
4. ii) NGO registered with NITI Aayog,
5. iii) Registered under Indian Trust Acts or any State Society Registration  Act  or  any  State  Cooperative  Societies  or  Multi-State Cooperative Acts or the Companies Act 2003 or the Limited Liability Partnership  Act  2008,  or  SHGs  and  its  federations  namely  Cluster Level Federation/Block Level Federation,
6. iv) more than three years old entity except Start-ups, etc.
7. (c): Details of youth trained and placed / settled under DDU-GKY & RSETI programmes are given in Annexure-I & II, respectively.

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Annexure  referred  to  in  reply  of  part  (c)  of  LokSabhaUnstarred Question No. 384 due for reply on 02.12.2025

District-wise details of candidates trained and placed since inception  till  12.11.2025  in  the  State  of  West  Bengal  under  DDUGKY:

| S. No.            | District            | Trained   |   Placed |
|-------------------|---------------------|-----------|----------|
| 1 24              | Paraganas North     | 5280      |     1986 |
| 2                 | 24 Paraganas South  | 5630      |     2399 |
| 3                 | Alipurduar          | 1031      |      625 |
| 4                 | Bankura             | 2593      |     1737 |
| 5                 | 2880                |           |     1855 |
| 6                 | Birbhum Cooch Behar | 1471      |      941 |
| 7 DakshinDinajpur | 707                 |           |      403 |
| 8                 | Darjiling           | 616       |      484 |
| 9                 | Hooghly             | 3805      |     1431 |
| 10 Howrah         | 1288                |           |      439 |
| 11 Jalpaiguri     | 3182                |           |     2156 |
| 12                | Jhargram            | 1877      |      971 |
| 13                | Kalimpong           | 128       |       73 |
| 14                | Maldah              | 916       |      587 |
| 15                | Medinipur East      | 1949      |     1133 |
| 16 Medinipur      | West                | 1499      |      886 |
| 17                | Murshidabad         | 2293      |     1411 |
| 18                | Nadia               | 3054      |     1359 |
| 19                | PaschimBardhaman    | 1367      |      835 |
| 20                | PurbaBardhaman      | 4507      |     1859 |
| 21                | Puruliya            | 1670      |     1065 |
| 22                | Uttar Dinajpur      | 1438      |      816 |

Annexure  referred  to  in  reply  of  part  (c)  of  LokSabhaUnstarred Question No. 384 due for reply on 02.12.2025

District-wise details of candidates trained and settled since inception till October 2025 in the State of West Bengal under RSETI:

|   S. No. | District            |   TrainedSettled |   TrainedSettled |
|----------|---------------------|------------------|------------------|
|        1 | BANKURA             |            11136 |             7264 |
|        2 | BIRBHUM             |            10144 |             7116 |
|        3 | BURDWAN             |            10419 |             7124 |
|        4 | COOCH BEHAR         |             6213 |             4600 |
|        5 | DARJEELING          |             5708 |             4299 |
|        6 | HOOGHLY             |            10569 |             7523 |
|        7 | HOWRAH              |            10044 |             6794 |
|        8 | HOWRAH              |            20074 |            15986 |
|        9 | JALPAIGURI          |             8452 |             6463 |
|       10 | MALDA               |            10071 |             7106 |
|       11 | MIDNAPORE (PASCHIM) |             9594 |             7287 |
|       12 | MIDNAPORE (PURBA)   |            10406 |             7895 |
|       13 | MURSHIDABAD         |            12929 |             9062 |
|       14 | NADIA               |             8649 |             6299 |
|       15 | NORTH DINAJPUR      |             8588 |             6219 |
|       16 | NORTH 24 PARGANAS   |            10639 |             8786 |
|       17 | SOUTH 24 PARGANAS   |            11824 |             8205 |
|       18 | PURULIA             |             8031 |             4540 |
|       19 | SOUTH DINAJPUR      |             9200 |             6598 |

Source: NACER

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