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O.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 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.
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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
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