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1183 mobilisation camps organised across the country under the Deen Dayal Upadhyaya Grameen Kaushalya Yojana (DDU-GKY) as part of Azadi Ka Amrit Mahotsav

Around 75,660 candidates enrolled for upcoming trainings in a week
10.94 lakh youth have been trained and 7.07 lakh youth have been placed till July, 2021
The Ministry of Rural Development (MoRD) announced it on Antyodaya Diwas in 2014.
It is a demand-driven placement linked skill training initiative working under the National Rural Livelihood Mission (NRLM).
It uses skill training and placement in wage employment as a tool to diversify income and enable sustained upward movement out of poverty.
DDU-GKY is uniquely focused on rural youth between the ages of 15 and 35 years from poor families.
Objective:
Adding diversity to the incomes of rural poor families
Cater to the career aspirations of rural youth
Alumni meet is an important component of the scheme.
The Alumni meets provide healthy ground for experience sharing by the former trainees with their present counterparts on topics like placements, career goals, challenges they faced in finding employment before undertaking the training and the benefits they reaped after.
Some of the former trainees are also felicitated at the events for their exemplary performances at their workplaces.
The program is currently being implemented in 27 States and 3 Union Territories and has over 2198 Training Centres in 1822 projects, in partnership with 839 Project Implementing Agencies conducting training across 56 sectors, and over 600 job-roles
DDU-GKY and integrated farming initiatives for rural development across the country are important for greater success in skilling and placing the rural youth.
DDU-GKY has played a significant role in the context of Atmanirbhar Bharat through skilling.
As a part of the Skill India campaign, it plays an instrumental role in supporting the social and economic programs.

SOURCE: PIB