Rural Development Ministry inks deal with 19 employers
- Category
Polity & Governance
- Published
31st Mar, 2023
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Context
The Ministry of Rural Development has signed MoUs with 19 ‘Captive Employers’ for training and placement of 31,000 rural youths under Deen Dayal Upadhyaya Grameen Kaushalya Yojana (DDU-GKY).
‘Captive Employers’ refer to companies or industries that select rural youths, skill them, and deploy them in one of their own establishments, sister-concerns or subsidiaries.
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About the development:
- The ministry aims to provide these employers the target to train and provide gainful employment to rural youth, with a minimum salary of Rs.10, 000 per month.
- The time-period of employment is minimum of six months.
- Objective: To ensure that the candidates are trained in line with the industry requirement and employed.
- Significance: The Captive Employment model allows the employer to select the rural youths, skill and deploy them in one of its own establishment/sister-concern/subsidiaries.
Deen Dayal Upadhyaya Grameen Kaushalya Yojana:
- Enable Poor and Marginalized to Access Benefits: scheme emphasizes demand led skill training at no cost to the rural poor.
- Inclusive Program Design: Scheme includes Mandatory coverage of socially disadvantaged groups (SC/ST 50%; Minority 15%; Women 33%)
- Shifting Emphasis from Training to Career Progression: Scheme pioneers in providing incentives for job retention, career progression and foreign placements.
- Greater Support for Placed Candidates: Scheme provides Post-placement support, migration support and alumni network.
- Proactive Approach to Build Placement Partnerships: Scheme provides guaranteed Placement for at least 75% trained candidates.
- Enhancing the Capacity of Implementation Partners: scheme includes nurturing new training service providers and developing their skills.
- Regional Focus:
- Greater emphasis on projects for poor rural youth in Jammu and Kashmir (HIMAYAT),
- The North-East region and 27 Left-Wing Extremist (LWE) districts (ROSHINI)
- Standards-led Delivery: All program activities are subject to Standard Operating Procedures that are not open to interpretation by local inspectors. All inspections are supported by geo-tagged, time stamped videos/photographs.
- Beneficiary Eligibility:
- Rural Youth: 15-35 Yrs.
- SC/ST/Women/PVTG/PWD: up to 45 Yrs.
- Funding support: DDU-GKY provides funding support for placement linked skilling projects that address the market demand with funding support ranging from Rs. 25,696 to over Rs. 1 lakh per person, depending on the duration of the project and whether the project is residential or non-residential.
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