Parliament Question: Employment Opportunities for Rural Youths

O.I.H. GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF RURAL DEVELOPMENT DEPARTMENT OF RURAL DEVELOPMENT LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 2970 ANSWERED ON 10/03/2026 EMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITIES FOR RURAL YOUTHS 2970. Shri Sanjay Haribhau Jadhav: Will the Minister of RURAL DEVELOPMENT be pleased to state: (a) the details of the role played by the National Rural Livelihood Mission (NRLM) in skill development and enhancing employment opportunities for rural youth in the country, State-wise particularly in Parbhani, Maharashtra; (b) whether any partnership has been made with private sector institutions or Non-Governmental Organisations in this regard, if so, the details thereof; (c) the details of employment provided to youth under NRLM in Parbhani Lok Sabha Constituency; and (d) whether any partnership has been made between NRLM and private sector institutions or NGOs in Parbhani Lok Sabha Constituency and if so, the details thereof? ANSWER MINISTER OF STATE IN THE MINISTRY OF RURAL DEVELOPMENT (SHRI KAMLESH PASWAN) (a) & (b): Deendayal Antyodaya Yojana - National Rural Livelihoods Mission (DAY-NRLM), Rural Skills Division is implementing the following two Centrally Sponsored Schemes namely Deen Dayal Upadhyaya Grameen Kaushalya Yojana (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. A brief on the Schemes is as under: i. Deen Dayal Upadhyaya Grameen Kaushalya Yojana (DDU-GKY): DDU-GKY 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 Page 1 of 4monthly wages at or above the minimum wages. DDU-GKY guideline provides social inclusion of SC/ST (50%), Women (33%), and PwDs (5%). This programme is being implemented in 'project mode' by sanctioning the projects to Project Implementing Agencies (PIAs) through States. These PIAs may be any entity which is: i. A Government or semi-government organization at the National and State level, ii. NGO registered with NITI Aayog, 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, iv. more than three years old entity except Start-ups, etc. ii. Rural Self Employment Training Institutes (RSETI): RSETI is a poverty alleviation programme under DAY-NRLM and functions as a strategic arm of the Skill India Mission, operating under MSDE’s common norms to promote sustainable livelihoods with a minimum 70% settlement mandate. It focuses on self-employment and micro- enterprise development, providing fully funded, largely residential, short-term demand-driven training to rural youth aged 18–50 years, along with handholding support for up to two years. The scheme is implemented through a three-way partnership between the Ministry of Rural Development, Sponsor Banks, and State/UT Governments, with a mandate to establish one RSETI in each district, managed by Lead Banks, supported by ₹2 crore assistance for infrastructure. The State-wise details of the candidates trained and placed/settled under DDU-GKY & RSETI are given in Annexure-I & II respectively. (c): The details of employment provided to youth under NRLM in Parbhani Lok Sabha Constituency under DDU-GKY & RSETI since inception till Date are given as under: Parbhani Lok Trained Placed Trained (till Settled (till Sabha (till Date) (till Jan 2026) Jan 2026) Constituency Date) Parbhani 1170 682 11625 8544 Jalna 3359 1868 10582 8197 Source: State of Maharashtra. (d) No. ***** Page 2 of 4Annexure-I Annexure referred to in reply to part (a) & (b) of Lok Sabha Unstarred Q. No. 2970 for reply on 10.03.2026 State/UT wise candidates trained and placed under DDU-GKY, including Maharashtra since inception till January, 2026: Cumulative Total (till Jan 2026) S. No. State Trained Placed 1 Andhra Pradesh 148692 119509 2 Arunachal Pradesh 2435 1119 3 Assam 86136 53890 4 Bihar 80518 48965 5 Chhattisgarh 59575 34682 6 Gujarat 32404 21146 7 Haryana 56041 40924 8 Himachal Pradesh 19793 11605 9 Jammu and Kashmir 72602 45618 10 Jharkhand 82754 44192 11 Karnataka 56911 37537 12 Kerala 76984 46996 13 Madhya Pradesh 93391 54778 14 Maharashtra 71011 48146 15 Manipur 7913 4254 16 Meghalaya 9070 5390 17 Mizoram 3478 2047 18 Nagaland 8150 5278 19 Odisha 218770 177853 20 Punjab 54075 30048 21 Rajasthan 87409 47009 22 Sikkim 3306 1951 23 Tamil Nadu 80161 76040 24 Telangana 75165 53991 25 Tripura 13221 7905 26 Uttar Pradesh 254238 107775 27 Uttarakhand 25704 16153 28 West Bengal 45273 30838 29 Puducherry 3154 1986 30 A. N Islands 1017 567 Total 1829351 1178192 Source: Kaushal Bharat Portal Page 3 of 4Annexure-II Annexure referred to in reply to part (a) & (b) of Lok Sabha Unstarred Q. No. 2970 for reply on 10.03.2026 State/UT wise candidates trained and settled under RSETI, including Maharashtra, since inception till January, 2026: Cumulative since inception SL No. Name of the State till Jan 2026 Trained Settled 1 Andaman and Nicobar Islands 5769 4516 2 Andhra Pradesh 188687 139549 3 Arunachal Pradesh 4782 2845 4 Assam 195151 128659 5 Bihar 391373 280721 6 Chattisgarh 174726 124248 7 D & N Haveli 9046 6017 8 Goa 368 57 9 Gujarat 357124 252656 10 Haryana 198031 131775 11 Himachal Pradesh 87085 60545 12 Jammu & Kashmir 122400 89915 13 Jharkhand 246330 170518 14 Karnataka 438049 319424 15 Kerala 164219 126134 16 Lakshadweep 2596 1583 17 Madhya Pradesh 469832 329448 18 Maharashtra 345885 255600 19 Manipur 9610 6748 20 Meghalaya 24936 14316 21 Mizoram 9753 8223 22 Nagaland 5150 3518 23 Odisha 306686 238389 24 Pondicherry 11741 8683 25 Punjab 162042 111533 26 Rajasthan 452820 334417 27 Sikkim 6200 4366 28 Tamil Nadu 354505 267427 29 Telangana 107790 82909 30 Tripura 41580 27248 31 UT Ladakh 6077 4052 32 Uttar Pradesh 799436 586863 33 Uttarakhand 106093 77038 34 West Bengal 198570 143964 TOTAL : 6004442 4343904 Source: NACER ***** Page 4 of 4