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Official TranscriptO.I.H. GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF RURAL DEVELOPMENT DEPARTMENT OF RURAL DEVELOPMENT LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 2868 ANSWERED ON 10/03/2026 IMPLEMENTATION OF DDU-GKY 2868. Shri Rahul Kaswan: Will the Minister of RURAL DEVELOPMENT be pleased to state: (a) whether the Deendayal Upadhyaya-Grameen Kaushalya Yojana (DDU-GKY) is being implemented by the Government in the country, if so, the...
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GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF RURAL DEVELOPMENT DEPARTMENT OF RURAL DEVELOPMENT LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 2868 ANSWERED ON 10/03/2026 IMPLEMENTATION OF DDU-GKY
2868. Shri Rahul Kaswan:
Will the Minister of RURAL DEVELOPMENT be pleased to state:
(a) whether the Deendayal Upadhyaya-Grameen Kaushalya Yojana (DDU-GKY) is being implemented by the Government in the country, if so, the details thereof, State/district-wise including Rajasthan;
(b) whether training is being provided to the youth in the rural areas of Churu and Hanumangarh districts under the said scheme and if so, the details thereof, if not, the reasons therefor;
(c) the number and details of youths who have been provided training and the number of youths who have been employed after completing the training; and
(d) whether any special education/other project has been launched for the said youths, if so, the details thereof? ANSWER MINISTER OF STATE IN THE MINISTRY OF RURAL DEVELOPMENT (SHRI KAMLESH PASWAN)
(a) to (c): Deen Dayal Upadhyaya Grameen Kaushalya Yojana (DDU- GKY) is a placement-linked skill development program for rural poor youth in the age group of 15-35 years under the umbrella scheme of Deendayal Antyodaya National Rural Livelihood Mission (DAY-NRLM).
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%). The details of candidates trained and placed under the scheme since inception till January, 2026 are given in Annexure-I.
Page 1 of 3The training is being provided in Churu and Hanumangarh Districts of Rajasthan also. The details since inception (2014) till date are as
follows:
District Trained Placed Churu 2124 1229 Hanumangarh 3787 1751
Source: State of Rajasthan.
(d): DDU-GKY allows courses approved by the National Skills Qualification Committee (NSQC), National Council for Vocational Education and Training (NCVET) which are listed on the National Qualifications Register (NQR) https://www.nqr.gov.in/ or the portal of the Ministry of Skill Development and Entrepreneurship. States/UTs and Project Implementing Agencies (PIAs) are encouraged to propose training programmes in emerging and high-growth sectors to enhance employment opportunities for rural youth.
***** Page 2 of 3Annexure-I Annexure referred to in reply to part (a) and (c) of Lok Sabha Unstarred Q. No. 2868 for reply on 10.03.2026 State/UT wise candidates trained and placed under DDU-GKY including Rajasthan since 2014-15 to 2025-26 (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 3