About 85,000 candidates placed after skill training in DDU-GKY IN 2016-17

Deendayal Upadhayaya Grameen Kaushalya Yojana (DDU-GKY) is a placement linked skill development programme for the rural poor youth being implemented by the Ministry of Rural Development. The Minister of State for Rural Development Shri Ram Kripal Yadav said that training under this scheme enables a youth to seek wage employment. He said that during the financial year 2016-17, a total of 1,62,586 candidates have been skilled and 84,900 placed.

Another component is skill development through Rural Self Employment and Training Institutes (RSETI) which enables a trainee to seek self-employment with bank credit. A total of 4,45,106 candidates have been trained and 3,63,111 settled in the financial year 2016-17.

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