The ultimate aim is to convert India's demographic surplus into a demographic divided by developing rural India into a globally preferred source of skilled labour.
Scheme corpus is Rs.1500 crore.
The scheme will also benefit more than 55 million poor rural youth who are ready to be skilled by providing sustainable employment.
DDU-GKY is a pioneer in standards - led delivery of skilling in India , the first to notify standard operating procedures for training and the first to introduce IT solution for skilling, including mandatory tablets for trainees, Aadhar -linked biometric information on attendance and gro-tagged time- stamped record of training centers and classes.
The scheme will also benefit more than 55 million poor rural youth who are ready to be skilled by providing sustainable employment.
DDU-GKY is a pioneer in standards - led delivery of skilling in India , the first to notify standard operating procedures for training and the first to introduce IT solution for skilling, including mandatory tablets for trainees, Aadhar -linked biometric information on attendance and gro-tagged time- stamped record of training centers and classes.
Mission
To reduce poverty by enabling poor for households to access gainful and sustainable employment through employment that provides a regular wage.
Guiding Principles
- There is a strong demand for economic opportunities among the poor , as well as immense opportunities in terms of developing their work abilities.
- Social mobilization, as well a network of strong institutions are essential in order to develop India 's demographic surplus into a dividend.
- Quality and standards are paramount in the delivery of skills, in order to make the rural poor desirable to both Indian and global employers.
Key Features
The DDU-GKY is a market led, placement- linked training program for the rural youth, undertaken through the PPP by project Implementing Agencies (PIA)
PIAs are mandated to assure placement to 75 per cent to candidates trained by them. The focus of these programmes is on the rural youth from poor families in the age group of 15 to 35 years , belonging to :
- Socially disadvantaged groups - 50 per cent allocation to SC/ST groups, 15 percent to minorities and 33 per cent for women.
- The programme promote the prime Minister's Make in India 's Campaign through Industry Internships, supported by joint partnership between industry Internship, supported by joint partnerships between industry and DDU-GKY.
- DDU-GKY is applicable to the entire country. By training holistic, job-ready candidates to simultaneously meet our objectives of economic growth and poverty alleviation under the DDU-GKY strategy, helping industries prosper grow, not just nationally but on a global level.
Transparency and accountability through:
- Geo- tagged time stamped biometric attendance based on unique ID for trainers and trainees.
- Online check of inventory available for training in every Training centre
- CCTV and Audio recording of all classroom and lab sessions.
- Reporting of performance on real time basis.
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