About Deen Dayal Upadhyay Gramin Kaushalya Yojana

The Ministry of Rural Development (MoRD), Government of India has launched Deen Dayal Upadhyay Gramin Kaushalya Yojana (DDU-GKY) under NRLM for providing Placement Linked Skill Development Training to rural BPL youth. This project envisages fulfilling the occupational aspirations of rural BPL youth and enhancing their income through skilling. To achieve the above objective the Ministry of Rural Development have introduced an effective Employment and Self- Employment based scheme for Rural BPL youths of the nation called Deen Dayal Upadhyay Gramin Kaushalya Yojana (DDU-GKY). Under the DDU-GKY, assistance is given to the poor families living below the poverty line in rural areas for taking up training employment and self employment avenues.

Project Area

AISECT is one of the Project Implementing Agency for DDU-GKY Project empanelled the by Ministry of Rural Development, Govt. of India to train and provide employment opportunities to 426 rural BPL youths across Mansa district of Punjab. The skill based training is provided in Retail, Beauty & wellness, Electronics, Telecom and Apparel sectors for the following Job Roles:

• Retail Trainee Associate,
• Assistant Hair Stylist,
• FTCP,
• Handset Repair Engineer and
• Sewing Machine Operator etc.

All the above courses are aligned with the respective Sector Skill Councils RASCI, BWSSC, ESSCI, Telecom and Apparel. The training programs are of 3 months duration covering mandatory skills like Computer Skills, English Skills and Soft Skills other than Domain Specific Module in each course.

The design of contents and curriculum has been developed to meet the needs of relevant jobs available in the market, to facilitate the rural BPL youth in improvising their skills and avail better job opportunities for sustainable livelihood options. AISECT has initiated these trainings at 5 locations of 1 districts till date for about 426 rural BPL youth.

Details are given in the table.

 

 

Training Commenced

SR. No.	District	Location	Total Target	Target Achieved	Total Appointed	Placement Achieved	Total Assessed	Total Certified
1.	Mansa	Mansa	436	426	285	246	412	298