Over 1.7 crore youth in terror-affected, rural areas trained under NRLM: Govt

More than 1.70 crore rural poor youth across the country have been trained under the National Rural Livelihoods Mission (NRLM) till January 2019, the government said Thursday.

Replying to a query raised in the Lok Sabha on imparting skill development training to rural youth living in Naxal-infested and terrorism-affected areas, Minister of State for Rural Development Ram Kripal Yadav said, "The government is implementing the Deen Dayal Upadhyaya Grameen Kaushalya Yojana (DDU-GKY), a placement-linked skill development programme for rural poor youth under the National Rural Livelihoods Mission (NRLM) all over the country."
In a written reply to the query, the minister told the Lok Sabha, "Every candidate undergoing training under DDU-GKY is given mandatory basic training in Information Technology for 80 Hours. During the year 2018-19 (upto 31st January, 2019), 1,76,630 candidates have been provided training."