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Annapurna : Under the scheme, 10 kg of foodgrains per month are provided
free of cost to those senior citizens who, though eligible under IGNOAPS, are
not receiving pension under IGNOAPS.
Deen Dayal Upadhyaya Grameen Kaushalya Yojana
Deen Dayal Upadhyaya Grameen Kaushalya Yojana (DDU-GKY) is the flagship
placement linked skill-training programme under the Ministry of Rural
Development (MoRD). Announced in 2014, DDU-GKY is a critical component
of the National Skill Development Policy, and has an ambitious agenda, to
benchmark wage placement-linked skill programmes to global standards and
requirements. The ultimate aim is to convert India's demographic surplus into
a demographic dividend by developing rural India into a globally preferred
source of skilled labour. As a result, the scheme will also benefit more than 55
million poor rural youth who are ready-to-be skilled, by providing sustainable
employment. In this way the scheme is expected to play a crucial role in
generational poverty alleviation. The scheme is a pioneer in standards-led
delivery of skilling, the first to notify standard operating procedures for training,
and the first to introduce IT solutions for skilling, including mandatory tablets
for trainees, Aadhar-linked biometric information on attendance, and geo-tagged
time-stamped record of training centres and classes. DDU-GKY has its roots in
the Swarnjayanti Gram Swarozgar Yojana (SGSY). SGSY was formed by the
restructuring of the Integrated Rural Development Programme (IRDP) in 1999,
with a 15 per cent allocation for special projects. In 2010, SGSY was restructured
as the National Rural Livelihoods Mission (NRLM), also known as Aajeevika.
The Ministry revised the guidelines in 2013 as Aajeevika Skills with a view to
increase the reach of the programme. On Antyodaya Diwas, 25th September
2014, Aajeevika Skills was announced as DDU-GKY with a focus on providing
opportunities through skilling for rural poor youth in domestic and global jobs.
Key Features
DDU-GKY follows a 3-tier implementation architecture in PPP mode, with the
National Unit responsible for policy, central investments and technical support,
SRLMs/State Skills Missions responsible for state investments, implementation
and monitoring controls, and Project Implementing Agencies (PIAs), both public
and private training partners with a legacy in skill training, responsible for
mobilization, training and placements: i) The focus of this programmes is on
the rural youth from poor families, in the age group of 15 to 35 years, belonging
to: a) MGNREGA worker household in which household members have together
completed 15 days of work; b) RSBY household; c) Antyodaya Anna Yojana
card household; d) BPL PDS card households; e) NRLM-SHG household; f)
Household covered under auto inclusion parameters of SECC 2011. ii) Full social
inclusion of candidates is ensured by the mandatory coverage of socially
disadvantaged groups— 50 per cent allocation to SC/ST groups, 15 per cent to
minorities, 33 per cent for women and 3 per cent for persons with disabilities.
iii) Placement in wage employment is mandated for a minimum of 70 per cent