Deen Dayal Upadhyaya Grameen Kaushalya Yojana (DDU-GKY)

Deen Dayal Upadhyaya Grameen Kaushalya Yojana is a placement-linked skill training scheme under the Ministry of Rural Development designed to enable poor rural youth to secure sustainable wage employment in the formal sector.

• It addresses structural unemployment in rural areas by aligning skill training directly with market demand and mandatory post-training job placements.
• It advances social inclusion by establishing dedicated target quotas for Scheduled Castes, Scheduled Tribes, minorities, and women in rural skill development programs.
• It leverages a Public-Private Partnership framework to involve private training partners and industries in curriculum design and employment generation.

UPSC typically frames questions on DDU-GKY within the contexts of poverty alleviation, inclusive growth, and rural human capital development under GS Papers II and III. Analytical questions focus on the scheme's ability to transition workers from informal agriculture to formal industrial jobs while addressing issues like post-placement retention and migration challenges. Examiners may also ask candidates to assess its implementation challenges alongside other national skill missions like PMKVY.

• Welfare schemes for vulnerable sections GS2
• Government policies and interventions GS2

• Ayushman Bharat
• Beti Bachao Beti Padhao
• Blue Revolution
• Green Revolution – Krishonnati Yojana
• Integrated Scheme on Agricultural Cooperation
• Integrated Scheme on Agricultural Marketing
• MGNREGA
• Mission for Integrated Development of Horticulture
• National Food Security Mission
• National Health Mission
• National Livestock Mission
• National Mission for Sustainable Agriculture
• National Mission on Oilseeds and Oil Palm
• National Mission on Sustainable Agriculture
• National Rural Livelihood Mission (NRLM)
• National Social Assistance Programme (NSAP)
• National Urban Livelihoods Mission (NULM)
• Paramparagat Krishi Vikas Yojana
• PMAY
• Poshan Abhiyaan
• Pradhan Mantri Fasal Bima Yojana
• Pradhan Mantri Kaushal Vikas Yojana (PMKVY)
• Pradhan Mantri Krishi Sinchayee Yojana
• Pradhan Mantri Mudra Yojana (PMMY)
• Price Stabilization Fund
• Rashtriya Gokul Mission
• Samagra Shiksha Abhiyan
• Skill India Mission
• Soil Health Card Scheme