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O.I.H.
GOVERNMENT OF INDIA
MINISTRY OF RURAL DEVELOPMENT
DEPARTMENT OF RURAL DEVELOPMENT
RAJYA SABHA
UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 942
TO BE ANSWERED ON 06/02/2026
IMPLEMENTATION OF DDU-GKY IN THE KONKAN REGION OF MAHARASHTRA
942 Shri Dhairyashil Mohan Patil:
Will the Minister of Rural Development be pleased to state:
(a) details of the total number of rural youth enrolled and trained under Deen
DayalUpadhyaya Grameen Kaushalya Yojana (DDU-GKY) in Raigad, Ratnagiri and
Sindhudurgdistricts of Maharashtra since launch of Scheme in September 2014;
(b) year-wise details of candidates who have successfully completed training in these
threedistricts, along with the number of candidates currently undergoing training;
(c) total number of trained candidates who have obtained employment under the
minimumplacement assurance of 70 per cent as stipulated under the Scheme guidelines;
and
(d) status of verification that salary being paid to employed candidates is not less
thanminimum wages fixed by Government of Maharashtra?
ANSWER
MINISTER OF STATE IN THE MINISTRY OF RURAL DEVELOPMENT
(SHRI KAMLESH PASWAN)
(a) to (c): The details of rural youth enrolled along with the number of youths trained and
placed under Deen Dayal Upadhyaya Grameen Kaushalya Yojana (DDU-GKY) in Raigad,
Ratnagiri and Sindhudurg districts of Maharashtra since launch of Scheme in September 2014
are given in Annexure-I.
(d): Based on the DDU-GKY Standard Operating Procedure (SoP), Notifications and
Guidelines, the process of Net Take Home verification, Desk Verification, and Physical
Verification for the district-wise sample basis of placed candidates of Raigad (234), Ratnagiri
(233), and Sindhudurg (108) districts of Maharashtra has been completed, and it has been
verified that the salary paid to the candidates is in accordance with the minimum wages
prescribed.
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Page 1 of 3Page 2 of 3Annexure-I
Annexure referred to in reply of parts (a) to (c) of Rajya Sabha Unstarred Question No.
942 due for reply on 06.02.2026.
Candidates enrolled, trained and placed under DDU-GKY in Raigad, Ratnagiri and Sindhudurg
districts of Maharashtra, year-wise since inception (2014) till 31.12.2025:
Raigad Ratnagiri Sindhudurg
FY
Enrolled Trained Placed Enrolled Trained Placed Enrolled Trained Placed
2014-15 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
2015-16 0 0 0 19 0 0 0 0 0
2016-17 9 20 6 11 22 3 19 56 1
2017-18 54 50 15 270 262 69 218 108 26
2018-19 249 249 113 294 274 21 174 141 26
2019-20 111 77 46 248 253 117 242 205 31
2020-21 10 2 2 15 15 11 13 13 9
2021-22 4 12 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
2022-23 134 130 28 0 1 0 0 5 0
2023-24 3 5 1 13 10 9 15 9 12
2024-25 61 60 23 16 15 3 11 10 3
2025-26
0 0 0 2 0 0 10 9 0
(till 31.12.25)
Total 635 605 234 888 852 233 702 556 108
Source: Inputs received from State Govt. of Maharashtra.
Note: - As on date, there are no candidates undergoing training in the aforementioned
three districts.
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