Parliament Question: Placement under Deen Dayal Upadhyaya Grameen Kaushalya Yojana

GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF RURAL DEVELOPMENT DEPARTMENT OF RURAL DEVELOPMENT RAJYA SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 3336 TO BE ANSWERED ON 20/03/2026 PLACEMENT UNDER DEEN DAYAL UPADHYAYA GRAMEEN KAUSHALYA YOJANA 3336 Shri Sadanand Mhalu Shet Tanavade:

Dr. Medha Vishram Kulkarni:

Shri Narhari Amin:

Dr. Bhagwat Karad:

Will the Minister of Rural Development be pleased to state:

(a) the manner in which DDU-GKY ensures that placements offered to rural youth are aligned with long-term career progression and not merely short-term employment;

(b) the mechanisms in place to track post-placement retention and wage growth of beneficiaries under the Scheme;

(c) State-wise details of candidates trained and placed under DDU-GKY since inception;

(d) in what manner quality control is enforced across Project Implementing Agencies operating in PPP mode;

(e) steps taken to strengthen participation of women and socially disadvantaged groups beyond the mandated inclusion percentages; and

(f) details of funds released, utilised and pending under DDU-GKY during the last three financial years? ANSWER MINISTER OF STATE IN THE MINISTRY OF RURAL DEVELOPMENT (SHRI KAMLESH PASWAN)

(a) to (f): Deen Dayal Upadhyaya Grameen Kaushalya Yojana (DDU-GKY) is a standard led outcome driven quality skilling program which aims to contribute to the Prime Minister’s ‘Make in India’ campaign to position India as the globally preferred manufacturing hub, while dovetailing its efforts to significantly contribute in other flagship programs of the nation. DDU- GKY is a State led scheme being implemented in PPP mode, based on a demand-driven target sanction process. The program occupies a unique position amongst other skill training programs, due to its focus on the rural poor youth and its emphasis on sustainable employment through the prominence and incentives given to post-placement tracking, retention, and career progression.

To ensure quality adherence, DDU-GKY mandates independent third-party certification, through Sector Skill Councils (SSC) of NSDC, of every trainee to assess the skill, knowledge and attitude of each trainee.

Under DDU-GKY, two special components are being implemented. i.e., ROSHNI program is being implemented for 27 left-wing extremist-affected areas of 9 States with mandatory residential course with 40% coverage to women candidates, and Himayat- All youth of the UT of Jammu & Kashmir and Ladakh are covered under this scheme with 100% central funding.

The target group for DDU-GKY is poor rural youth in the age group 15-35. However, the upper- age limit for women candidates and candidates belonging to Particularly Vulnerable Tribal Page 1 of 5Groups (PVTGs), Persons with Disabilities (PwDs), Transgender and other Special Groups like rehabilitated bonded labour, victims of trafficking, manual scavengers, transgender, people living with HIV etc. shall be 45 years.

The State/UT wise details of candidates trained and placed are given in Annexure-I.

Salient features of the program are:  Placement-linked Skill Development Program  Public Private Partnership (PPP) mode of Implementation  Mandatory social inclusion: SC/ST (50%), Women (33%), PwDs (5%).

 Minimum 70% placement (Minimum 50% wage employment and maximum 20% self- employment).  Salary to the placed candidates are given as per the Minimum wages or above. Post Placement Support and Retention Support to the placed candidates The Category-wise (including women, SCs, STs and socially disadvantaged groups) and State/UT wise details of candidates trained and placed, from FY 2018-19 till Feb 2026 are given in Annexure-II.

This programme is being implemented in 'project mode' by sanctioning the projects to Project Implementing Agencies (PIAs). 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.

DDU-GKY is a demand-driven scheme; hence, funds are not allocated State/UT wise.

However, State/UT wise funds released under DDU-GKY during the last 3 years and the current year till Feb 2026, as mentioned in Annexure-III.

Under the current Deen Dayal Upadhyaya Grameen Kaushalya Yojana 2.0 (DDU-GKY2.0), greater emphasis has been given on securing a minimum of 6 months of employment for trained candidates, along with tracking support for 12 months to ensure a job. An amount of ₹ 7620 (₹1270 per month) is given to placed candidates for 6 months. Retention Support @ ₹5000 is given for every candidate employed continuously for 365 days, with a break of a maximum of 60 days. Provision has also been made under DDU-GKY2.0 of upskilling and reskilling opportunities for trainees after 12 months of placement.

***** Page 2 of 5Annexure-I Annexure referred to in reply to parts (a) to (f) of Rajya Sabha Unstarred Q. No. 3336 for reply on 20.03.2026 State/UT wise candidates trained and placed under DDU-GKY since inception till Feb, 2026:

Cumulative Total (till Feb S.

State 2026) No.

Trained Placed 1 Andhra Pradesh 148742 120374 2 Arunachal Pradesh 2799 1120 3 Assam 86136 54494 4 Bihar 80518 48984 5 Chhattisgarh 59575 34711 6 Gujarat 32404 21139 7 Haryana 56073 41485 8 Himachal Pradesh 20107 11711 Jammu and 9 Kashmir 72734 45636 10 Jharkhand 83299 44471 11 Karnataka 56911 37565 12 Kerala 77086 47009 13 Madhya Pradesh 93391 54840 14 Maharashtra 71381 48265 15 Manipur 8203 4275 16 Meghalaya 9070 5395 17 Mizoram 3478 2135 18 Nagaland 8185 5278 19 Odisha 218798 177933 20 Punjab 55519 30109 21 Rajasthan 87409 47392 22 Sikkim 3390 1961 23 Tamil Nadu 80214 76171 24 Telangana 75401 54263 25 Tripura 13221 7970 26 Uttar Pradesh 254857 108473 27 Uttarakhand 25696 16218 28 West Bengal 45336 30950 29 Puducherry 3214 2004 30 A. N Islands 1037 570 Total 1834184 1182901

Source: Kaushal Bharat Portal.

Page 3 of 5Annexure-II Annexure referred to in reply to parts (a) to (f) of Rajya Sabha Unstarred Q. No. 3336 for reply on 20.03.2026 Category-wise and State/UT wise candidates trained and placed under DDU-GKY from FY 2018-19 till Feb 2026:

S. Women Women SC SC ST ST Minority Minority PwD PwD State/UT No. Trained Placed Trained Placed Trained Placed Trained Placed Trained Placed Andhra 1 52013 36842 37898 29419 13419 9408 14016 13767 902 302 Pradesh Arunachal 2 1835 710 10 2 2904 1118 755 355 2 2 Pradesh 3 Assam 41290 27489 3576 2765 10628 7563 15296 9534 137 51 4 Bihar 29610 17878 17376 11144 3135 1939 5749 3175 371 76 5 Chhattisgarh 25999 16487 7438 5322 16769 11860 1380 719 80 29 6 Gujarat 12252 7732 4125 2703 8944 5558 1434 846 285 75 7 Haryana 15276 11337 17966 15623 35 35 3717 1844 53 34 Himachal 8 12001 7129 7412 4624 1398 826 262 158 123 58 Pradesh Jammu & 9 13888 4857 2157 623 1157 432 14858 5176 53 18 Kashmir 10 Jharkhand 44711 25119 11780 7282 27221 16715 7524 4035 177 69 11 Karnataka 14904 11469 9105 8179 3554 2969 2426 1879 605 493 12 Kerala 25461 17802 12647 8545 3115 1936 25187 15682 689 192 Madhya 13 38954 26947 19519 14141 21916 14459 2602 1345 182 119 Pradesh 14 Maharashtra 31274 18020 19250 12037 16410 9332 11053 6206 461 116 15 Manipur 5182 2690 449 274 2667 1321 2862 1382 14 6 16 Meghalaya 5998 3777 27 14 7949 4694 6125 3501 69 9 17 Mizoram 2121 1255 10 6 3492 2113 2980 1672 12 6 18 Nagaland 3925 2418 26 11 8241 5269 7596 4404 4 1 19 Odisha 79743 56058 33411 23366 43497 33595 4447 2892 1191 380 20 Punjab 30242 16510 30558 17867 101 41 31687 17905 299 80 21 Rajasthan 31653 16803 17260 9456 13696 7578 4848 2243 715 169 22 Sikkim 1850 1034 159 96 668 337 512 282 3 1 23 Tamil Nadu 34167 20253 34779 20633 1698 974 7262 4185 357 173 24 Telangana 22945 12294 19424 12400 7658 4989 4242 1463 444 316 25 Tripura 4450 2734 1219 956 4044 2799 1326 858 47 21 Uttar 26 95158 51870 78715 43226 2089 1190 23105 11570 576 258 Pradesh 27 Uttarakhand 15867 10423 11682 7649 2562 1667 3088 1910 1088 527 28 West Bengal 15297 9922 14309 10537 6435 4368 7635 4725 273 93 29 Puducherry 2116 1345 1811 1139 20 12 425 224 10 6 A and N 30 475 263 2 2 155 143 348 238 7 1 Islands Total 710657 439467 414100 270041 235577 155240 214747 124175 9229 3681

Source: Kaushal Pragati and Kaushal Bharat Portal.

Page 4 of 5Annexure-III Annexure referred to in reply to parts (a) to (f) of Rajya Sabha Unstarred Q. No. 3336 for reply on 20.03.2026 State/UT wise funds released under DDU-GKY during last 3 financial years and the current financial year till Feb 2026:

(₹ in lakhs) FY 2022-23 FY 2023-24 Funds FY 2024-25 Funds FY 2025-26 Funds S.N. States Funds released released released released 1 A&N Islands 0.00 0.00 0.00 75.00 2 Andhra Pradesh 0.00 4350.86 1973.00 9720.00 3 Arunachal Pradesh 0.00 53.60 529.00 945.00 4 Assam 0.00 2210.23 5000.00 3480.00 5 Bihar 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 6 Chhattisgarh 0.00 20.01 1394.00 1068.50 7 Goa 0.00 0.00 0.00 219.00 8 Gujarat 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 9 Haryana 0.00 0.00 1610.00 1214.50 10 Himachal Pradesh 2665.68 2631.74 3254.00 1763.00 11 Jammu & Kashmir 58.82 0.00 0.00 2221.50 12 Jharkhand 1682.50 2786.45 4938.60 1408.00 13 Karnataka 44.81 22.15 0.00 1645.00 14 Kerala 0.00 0.00 0.00 1395.00 15 Madhya Pradesh 2096.97 2168.51 6002.00 2069.50 16 Maharashtra 0.00 25.73 0.00 0.00 17 Manipur 0.00 17.15 0.00 1030.00 18 Meghalaya 42.56 1247.36 1058.00 1379.00 19 Mizoram 0.00 0.00 496.00 509.00 20 Nagaland 0.00 12.86 981.00 397.00 21 Odisha 175.77 3630.14 0.00 2240.00 22 Pudducherry 35.76 439.74 349.98 262.48 23 Punjab 1647.89 929.75 2872.00 1201.98 24 Rajasthan 0.00 0.00 2900.00 2609.99 25 Sikkim 0.00 673.93 312.00 418.50 26 Tamilnadu 50.86 1876.32 2790.00 0.00 27 Telangana 0.00 0.00 0.00 1828.00 28 Tripura 37.38 17.14 0.00 0.00 29 Uttar Pradesh 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 30 Uttarakhand 43.86 41.79 0.00 1413.00 31 West Bengal 0.00 16.44 0.00 0.00 Total 8582.86 23171.90 36459.58 40512.95

Source: Records of Rural Skills Division ***** Page 5 of 5