Parliament Question: Achievement of Objectives of DDU-GKY

O.I.H.

GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF RURAL DEVELOPMENT DEPARTMENT OF RURAL DEVELOPMENT LOK SABHA STARRED QUESTION NO. 337 ANSWERED ON 12/08/2025 ACHIEVEMENT OF OBJECTIVES OF DDU-GKY *337. Shri Suresh Kumar Kashyap:

Shri Captain Brijesh Chowta:

Will the Minister of RURAL DEVELOPMENT be pleased to state:

(a) whether the Government has achieved the objectives for which the Deen Dayal Upadhyaya Grameen Daushalya Yojana (DDU- GKY) was launched, if so, the details thereof;

(b) the total number of youths trained and placed during the last three years and the current year, State and district-wise;

(c) whether the Government has completely utilised the funds allocated for the DDU-GKY during the said period, if so, the details thereof, State and district-wise; and

(d) the minimum employment/placement rate mandated vis-a-vis the actual placement rate thereunder during the said period, State and district-wise? ANSWER MINISTER OF RURAL DEVELOPMENT (SHRI SHIVRAJ SINGH CHOUHAN)

(a) to (d): A statement is laid on the Table of the House.

Page 1 of 4STATEMENT REFERRED TO IN REPLY TO PARTS (a) to (d) OF LOK SABHA STARRED QUESTION NO. *337 TO BE ANSWERED ON

12.08.2025 REGARDING “ACHIEVEMENT OF OBJECTIVES OF DDU- GKY”

(a) Yes, Deen Dayal Upadhyaya Grameen Kaushalya Yojana (DDU- GKY) has achieved its objectives. Under DDU-GKY, a total of 17,50,784 candidates have been trained and a total of 11,48,247 candidates have been placed since inception till June

2025.

(b) The State-wise details of youth trained and placed during the last three years and current year are given at Annexure-I.

(c) DDU-GKY is a demand driven scheme, hence, funds are not allocated State/UT-wise. However, details of funds allocated under the scheme during the last 3 years and current year till June 2025 is

given as under: (₹ in lakhs) Financial Year Funds Allocated 2022-23 9405.05 2023-24 38370.58 2024-25 50000.00 2025-26 75000.00 The funds under DDU-GKY are released to the States/UTs directly. The State/UT-wise details of the funds utilized/released during the last 3 years and current year is given in Annexure-II.

(d) Under DDU-GKY, the minimum placement rate mandate is 70% of the total candidates trained. The State/UT - wise details of placement rate during the last 3 years and current year under the scheme is given at Annexure-I.

***** Page 2 of 4Annexure-I Annexure referred to in reply of part (b) & (d) of Lok Sabha Starred Question No.

337 due for reply on 12.08.2025 State/UT - wise details of candidates trained and placed along with minimum placement rate during the last 3 years and current year under DDU-GKY:

2025-26 till June'2 2022-23 2023-24 2024-25 S. N 5 State o. Train Place %Plac Train Place %Plac Train Place %Plac Train Place %Plac ed d ed ed d ed ed d ed ed d ed 1707 1804 1 Andhra Pradesh 18616 91.70 19829 91.00 10328 9033 87.46 391 0 0.00 0 5 Arunachal Prad 2 608 295 48.52 678 315 46.46 684 265 38.74 0 29 0.00 esh 3 Assam 12532 6817 54.40 10615 8571 80.74 5231 4127 78.90 883 44 4.98 4 Bihar 11516 9005 78.20 6733 7226 107.32 1709 1885 110.30 0 48 0.00 5 Chhattisgarh 9742 8484 87.09 3045 3958 129.98 1170 1759 150.34 166 55 33.13 6 Gujarat 2912 1450 49.79 3960 2729 68.91 3544 2584 72.91 733 216 29.47 7 Haryana 5554 2685 48.34 8478 4882 57.58 4492 3700 82.37 441 198 44.90 Himachal Prade 8 3967 2175 54.83 4324 3187 73.70 3084 2273 73.70 773 399 51.62 sh Jammu and Kas 9 5459 2754 50.45 1177 1245 105.78 1767 636 35.99 294 102 34.69 hmir 10 Jharkhand 10228 7343 71.79 11340 8157 71.93 6607 4911 74.33 1427 228 15.98 11 Karnataka 3757 2813 74.87 3795 2656 69.99 1797 1914 106.51 130 277 213.08 12 Kerala 8623 5224 60.58 5212 4078 78.24 3052 2572 84.27 340 215 63.24 Madhya Prades 1128 1053 13 15653 72.11 12107 87.04 5097 4756 93.31 1421 408 28.71 h 7 8 14 Maharashtra 7830 4020 51.34 6381 4614 72.31 7761 4347 56.01 921 61 6.62 15 Manipur 1921 1266 65.90 782 854 109.21 263 356 135.36 741 49 6.61 16 Meghalaya 2165 1353 62.49 1630 1352 82.94 1642 761 46.35 292 173 59.25 17 Mizoram 344 349 101.45 725 499 68.83 723 474 65.56 199 70 35.18 18 Nagaland 2371 1409 59.43 1714 1592 92.88 804 570 70.90 138 113 81.88 1324 19 Odisha 16778 78.96 3997 5330 133.35 947 1095 115.63 385 2 0.52 8 20 Punjab 8121 7020 86.44 11803 8805 74.60 1979 3560 179.89 2830 224 7.92 21 Rajasthan 6092 6209 101.92 7233 4218 58.32 5376 4532 84.30 540 258 47.78 22 Sikkim 859 384 44.70 1123 720 64.11 255 393 154.12 0 0 0.00 1064 1020 23 Tamil Nadu 15225 69.94 13411 76.10 5274 4803 91.07 750 94 12.53 8 6 24 Telangana 7094 4564 64.34 92 230 250.00 2560 1271 49.65 708 144 20.34 25 Tripura 2244 1189 52.99 2126 1336 62.84 913 694 76.01 60 28 46.67 2192 3345 1624 26 Uttar Pradesh 36567 59.95 45215 74.00 18080 89.85 1366 585 42.83 1 8 5 27 Uttarakhand 8248 4409 53.46 6026 5306 88.05 1894 2821 148.94 222 109 49.10 28 West Bengal 9596 4774 49.75 4979 5979 120.08 3172 1969 62.07 451 125 27.72 29 Puducherry 844 343 40.64 956 919 96.13 436 444 101.83 30 3 10.00 30 A N Islands 133 38 28.57 547 225 41.13 242 196 80.99 34 0 0.00 23559 1605 20003 1612 10088 8494 Total 68.14 80.60 84.20 16666 4257 25.54 9 46 3 30 3 6

Source: Kaushal Bharat Portal

Note:

(i). Under DDU-GKY district-wise data is not maintained.

(ii) In certain years in certain states, more candidates were placed than the candidates trained during the same year as the candidates trained during previous year(s) were also placed.

Page 3 of 4Annexure-II Annexure referred to in reply of part (c) of Lok Sabha Starred Question No.

337 due for reply on 12.08.2025 State/UT - wise details of funds released during the last 3 years and current year under DDU-GKY till June 2025: (₹ in lakhs) 2025- S.

States 2022-23 2023-24 2024-25 26 till No.

June'25 1 A&N Islands 0.00 0.00 0.00 75.00 Andhra 2 0.00 4350.86 1973.00 0.00 Pradesh Arunachal 3 0.00 53.60 529.00 0.00 Pradesh 4 Assam 0.00 2210.23 5000.00 0.00 5 Bihar 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 6 Chhattisgarh 0.00 20.01 1394.00 0.00 7 Goa 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 8 Gujarat 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 9 Haryana 0.00 0.00 1610.00 0.00 Himachal 10 2665.68 2631.74 3254.00 0.00 Pradesh Jammu & 11 58.82 0.00 0.00 Kashmir 0.00 12 Jharkhand 1682.50 2786.45 4938.60 0.00 13 Karnataka 44.81 22.15 0.00 0.00 14 Kerala 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 Madhya 15 2096.97 6002.00 0.00 Pradesh 2168.51 16 Maharashtra 0.00 25.73 0.00 0.00 17 Manipur 0.00 17.15 0.00 0.00 18 Meghalaya 42.56 1247.36 1058.00 0.00 19 Mizoram 0.00 0.00 496.00 0.00 20 Nagaland 0.00 12.86 981.00 0.00 21 Odisha 175.77 3630.14 0.00 0.00 22 Puducherry 35.76 439.74 349.98 0.00 23 Punjab 1647.89 929.75 2872.00 1201.98 24 Rajasthan 0.00 0.00 2900.00 0.00 25 Sikkim 0.00 673.93 312.00 0.00 26 Tamilnadu 50.86 1876.32 2790.00 0.00 27 Telangana 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 28 Tripura 37.38 17.14 0.00 0.00 Uttar 29 0.00 0.00 0.00 Pradesh 0.00 30 Uttarakhand 43.86 41.79 0.00 0.00 31 West Bengal 0.00 16.44 0.00 0.00 Total 8582.86 23171.90 36459.58 1276.98

Source: Records of Rural Skills Division

Note: Under DDU-GKY district-wise utilisation of funds is not maintained. ***** Page 4 of 4