More than 5000 rural skill-trained in Maharashtra in FY 2022-23 under Deen Dayal Upadhyaya Grameen Kaushalya Yojana

Mumbai, 19 December 2023

In Maharashtra, 5977 youth from rural areas were given skill training under Deen Dayal Upadhyaya Grameen Kaushalya Yojana (DDU-GKY) in FY 2022-23, while 2710 have been trained under this scheme till November 2023 of this financial year. 874 and 348 rural youth received training under DDU-GKY in 2020-21 and 2021-22 respectively, as per the DDU-GKY Kaushal Bharat Portal. Maharashtra has 66 active project implementing agencies and 71 skill-training centres empanelled under the scheme.

As per data received from the state, the number of candidates skilled (trained) in various districts of Maharashtra under DDU-GKY during the last three year and current year (upto Nov. 2023) are as follows:

S.No.	District Name	Candidates trained during last 3 years	Candidates trained during current year
1	Sangli	51	10
2	Parbhani	300	24
3	Gondia	768	106
4	Satara	284	15
5	Solapur	231	93
6	Latur	155	76
7	Osmanabad	311	24
8	Aurangabad	734	107
9	Washim	117	84
10	Hingoli	184	20
11	Ratnagiri	16	0
12	Palghar	112	0
13	Raigarh	119	0
14	Bhandara	557	197
15	Jalgaon	646	74
16	Chandrapur	357	32
17	Amravati	564	190
18	Ahmadnagar	403	155
19	Yavatmal	256	133
20	Nagpur	430	3
21	Jalna	803	154
22	Pune	232	0
23	Akola	228	135
24	Dhule	612	105
25	Nanded	527	169
26	Kolhapur	60	97
27	Sindhudurg	18	2
28	Nashik	634	258
29	Wardha	397	127
30	Nandurbar	299	157
31	Bid	395	78
32	Thane	90	0
33	Gadchiroli	347	26
34	Buldana	129	24
	Total	11366	2675

There is no shortage of personnel providing training under DDU-GKY Training Centers.

This was stated by MoS (Rural Development) Sadhvi Niranjan Jyoti in reply to an unstarred question in the Lok Sabha today.

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