ROLE OF NRLM IN ENHANCING SKILL DEVELOPMENT AND EMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITIES

Ministry of Rural Development ROLE OF NRLM IN ENHANCING SKILL DEVELOPMENT AND EMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITIES

Posted On: 25 JUL 2025 5:48PM by PIB Delhi Under Deendayal Antyodaya Yojana - National Rural Livelihoods Mission (DAY-NRLM), this Ministry implements Deen Dayal Upadhyaya Grameen Kaushalya Yojana (DDU-GKY) and Rural Self Employment Training Institutes (RSETI) programmes for skill development of rural poor youth through their employment to eradicate poverty in the country.

Objective of DDU-GKY is to provide placement linked skilling for rural youth, who are poor and provide them with jobs having regular monthly wages at or above the minimum wages. DDU-GKY is a placement- linked skill development programme 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. DDU- GKY guideline provides social inclusion of SC/ST (50%), Women (33%), and PwDs (5%).

RSETI is a Ministry of Rural Development funded training institutions established by the sponsoring Banks in their Districts, to provide training for skill and entrepreneurship development. This Ministry extends financial support for the construction of RSETI building and also bears the cost of training the 'rural poor' candidates.

There is also a provision for training at RSETI to any unemployed youth in the age group of 18-50 year having an aptitude to take up self-employment or wage employment.

In the country, under DDU-GKY a total of 17,50,784 candidates have been trained and a total of 11,48,247 candidates have been placed, and under RSETI, a total of 56,69,265 candidates have been trained and a total of 40,99,578 candidates have been settled since inception till June 2025.

Further, an MoU between the Ministry of Rural Development and the Ministry of Skill Development and Entrepreneurship has been signed in June 2025.

Under DDU-GKY, projects are implemented in project mode by 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 Self-Help Groups (SHGs) and its federations namely Cluster Level Federation/Block Level Federation, iv) more than three years old entity except Start-ups, etc.

State-wise number of Project Implementing Agencies (PIAs) including in Jharkhand state under DDU-GKY is given at Annexure-I.

RSETI is a bank led scheme.

ANNEXURE I “Role of NRLM in enhancing skill development and employment opportunities”State / UT Total No. of PIAs ANDAMAN & NICOBAR ISLANDS 4 ANDHRA PRADESH 35 ARUNACHAL PRADESH 4 ASSAM 12 BIHAR 7 CHHATTISGARH 10 GUJARAT 15 HARYANA 32 HIMACHAL PRADESH 18 JAMMU & KASHMIR 10 JHARKHAND 28 KARNATAKA 7 KERALA 24 MADHYA PRADESH 21 MAHARASHTRA 43 MANIPUR 6 MEGHALAYA 7 MIZORAM 3 NAGALAND 5 ODISHA 26 PUDUCHERRY 3 PUNJAB 32 RAJASTHAN 31 SIKKIM 3 TAMIL NADU 36 TELANGANA 28 TRIPURA 4 UTTAR PRADESH 90 UTTARAKHAND 14 WEST BENGAL 23 Grand Total 466

Source: Kaushal Bharat portal.

This information was given by Minister of State for Rural Development Shri Dr. Chandra Sekhar Pemmasani in a written reply in Rajya Sabha today. ****** RC/ KSR/AR(Release ID: 2148466)