Rural Human Resource Development in light of Deen Dayal Upadhyaya Grameen Kaushalya Yojana in the state of Chhattisgarh

 

Rashmi Dewangan

Shri Shankaracharya Mahavidyalaya, Bhilai, Chhattisgarh

 

ABSTRACT:

Human factor is the key to the developmental process. For our economy to grow fast, a skilled workforce is essential and for economic development to be equitable it is necessary to incorporate the vast major portion of the population living in rural areas. India has a vast geographic dividend. According to census 2011, India has 55 million potential workers between the age group of 15-35 years in rural areas. Deen Dayal Upadhyaya Grameen Kaushalya Yojana (DDU-GKY), a part of the National Rural Livelihood Mission (NRLM), has been started with the objective of improving the economic condition of rural poor. It aims to satisfy the livelihood ambitions of youth residing in rural areas by training them and providing employment opportunities. This paper focuses on the Deen Dayal Upadhyaya Grameen Kaushalya Yojana and highlights its significance in increasing rural employment in the state of Chhattisgarh. Secondary data has been used for the purpose of study.

 

 

 

1. INTRODUCTION:

Human factor is the key to the developmental process. Human Resource Development is a holistic concept which aims at identifying the vast potential hidden within the people and sharpening them through training so as to make them aware of their capabilities and utilise it to the fullest for their overall growth and advancement. The process encompasses development of their proficiencies by providing them such environment which enables them to make their competencies as core competencies and thereby improve their current scenario and contribute in the development of the entire nation.constitutes about 70% of the country’s total population. For development to be equitable it is necessary to incorporate the vast major portion of the population living in rural areas.

 

India being a land of villages, rural population Keeping this in view the government of India; in order to include the rural poor in the process of growth and development, has launched many schemes for training them, thus improving their skills so that they can earn their livelihood.

 

2. DEEN DAYAL UPADHYAYA GRAMEEN KAUSHALYA YOJANA:

Deen Dayal Upadhyaya Grameen Kaushalya Yojana (DDU-GKY) is a part of the National Rural Livelihood Mission (NRLM) launched on 25th September 2014. This programme exclusively concentrates on rural youth between the age group of 15 to 35 years from underprivileged families. This programme supports the Skill India Movement of the government and thereby works in a direction to improve the socio-economic condition of the poor residing in rural areas.

 

As per the government data, more than 180 million youth in the nation among the age group of 18 to 34 years are living in villages. According to census 2011, India has 55 million potential workers between the age group of 15-35 years in rural areas. A very big skill gap has been recognised by The National Policy for Skill Development & Entrepreneurship 2015. It has estimated that there will be a skill gap of about109.73 million in 24 significant divisions by the year 2022. This gap in skill cannot be filled if the country does not focus on the 55 million youth residing in rural part of the country. An article published in 2013 in FICCI and Ernst – Young also highlighted that there will be a scarcity of more than 47 million competent personnel throughout the world by the year 2020.  Thus it becomes imperative for the country to train its rural youth population and place them in jobs across the world and realize its demographic dividend.

 

DDU-GKY works in a public private partnership mode. Through its partners it provides skill training to the people and supports the national policies and programmes on skill development. The partners are encouraged to come up with novel ideas to maintain a balance between knowledge and capability. DDU-GYK has a skilling environment and a distinctive arrangement of conditions in which the training partners involved are dedicated to alter and improve the lives of people. The partners involved are experts in their areas that strive to add value to the lives of rural poor. Under this programme, the partners are supported through investment, ability building, policies for retaining, associations for global employment and technology support for training purposes. The scope of DDU-GKY is very broad and at present this programme is being implemented across 21 States and UTs, 568 districts, and over 6,215 blocks providing livelihood opportunities to the youth. Currently under this programme more than 690 projects have been implemented involving over 300 associatiations, in more than 330 professions from 82 business sectors.

 

As per data the number of trained candidates have exceeded a number of around 2.7 lakh and over 1.34 lakh candidates have been employed in different jobs in the course of the last financial year. Since 2012, DDU-GKY till date have made an investment of over INR 5,600 Crores addressing the employment issue of the rural youth throughout the country.

 

3. FEATURES OF DDU-GKY:

·         Impart skill training to rural poor free of cost according to market demand.

·         Proper attention focussed on socially underprivileged group (SC/ST 50%/Minority 15%/Women 33%).

·         Implementation through Project Implementation Agencies (PIAs) in Public Private Partnership mode.

·         Shifting importance from training to career progression.

·         Providing better support to placed candidates, both before during and after placement.

·         Providing guaranteed jobs to at least 75% candidates.

·         Enhancing the capacity of implementation partners.

·         Special focus in special areas like Jammu & Kashmir.

·         Regular monitoring of attendance through biometric system.

 

Deen Dayal Upadhyaya Grameen Kaushalya Yojana (DDU-GYK) is one of the biggest programmes sponsored by the government to impart skill training in the country. Table 1 depicts the details of number of persons trained and placed under DDU-GYK, number of training providers, training partners, and training centres, sectors covered and job roles offered in the year 2015-16.

 

Table 1: Training Details under DDU-GYK in 2015-16.

Particulars	Numbers
Trained	2,70,329
Placed	1,34,744
Number of Partners	315
Number of Projects	697
Number of Training Centres	1096
Sectors Covered	85
Job-Roles Covered	330

Source: http://ddugky.gov.in

 

Skill Development under DDU-GYK

 

4. DDU-GYK IN THE STATE OF CHHATTISGARH STATE:

Chhattisgarh is the 16th largest state in terms of population (2, 55, 45,198, Census 2011), with its rural population constituting 76.75 % of the total population. The importance of skill development in supporting rural development cannot be neglected. In order to provide better prospects for the human resources residing in rural areas, the State Government under the Department of Panchayat and Rural Development (prd.cg.gov.in) is implementing various programmes for their training and skill development. Government of India under the Ministry of Rural Development have started DDU-GYK programme to provide employment oriented skill training to rural under privileged youth. It works in a Public Private Partnership (PPP) mode, where the training partners submit their proposal for various skill training projects. The government after scrutinising the projects invests in them and generate a cordial and healthy environment with complete technical support. All these efforts ensure that a quality training programme is being created and a quality training is being offered to the rural beneficiaries. 

 

It has established a structure and a procedure which has set a standard in the world thereby enabling rural under privileged youth to get access to quality training programme and an employment opportunity to change their present socio-economic condition.

 

5. SIGNIFICANCE Of DDU-GYK IN C.G:

The state of Chhattisgarh has a vast unexplored potential to generate over two lakh jobs in structured as well as in a muddled manner.  This supports the report of Associated Chambers of Commerce and Industry of India (Assocham). Under DDU-GYK, the Govt. of C.G. provides opportunity for livelihood training only to unemployed rural men and women.

 

All training under the scheme is provided free of cost to the registered candidates. Under residential training mode, along with training, free lodging and boarding facility is given to the candidates or otherwise travelling allowance is given to them. Training materials like pen, pencil, notebook, book etc along with uniform is also distributed free of cost to candidates. Apart from imparting trade and livelihood related training, candidates are also given opportunity to learn and improve English communication skills, develop their personality. An important feature of this programme is that, training sessions are arranged in fully equipped labs with latest technologies. Candidates on completion of training get certificates. The govt. ensures that candidates after completing their training programme are being offered a minimum job of Rs 6000/- p.m. Table 2 depicts the list of training centres in Chhattisgarh (C.G.).

 

Table 2: List of Training Centres in C.G

S.N	Name of District	Name of Training Centre
1.	Ambikapur	Niit Yuva Jyoti Limited
		Shiv Pratisthan
2.	Jashpur	Shiv Pratisthan
3.	Kanker	Quess Corp Ltd
4.	Kawardha	Cl Educate Limited
		Cap Foundation
5.	Mahasamund	Shiv Pratisthan
6.	Raipur	Disha Education Society
		Barfani Anusandhan Sansthan
		Bhaskar Foundation
		Cap Foundation
		Orion Edutech Pvt Ltd
		Mpcon Limited
		Niit Yuva Jyoti Limited
		Mpcon Limited
		Quess Corp Ltd
		Centum Workskills India Limited
7.	Rajnandagon	Cap Foundation
8.	Janjgir-champa	Kamgar Foundation
		Mpcon Limited
9.	Balod	Niit Yuva Jyoti Limited
10.	Bastar	Quess Corp Ltd
11.	Bemtara	Orion Edutech Pvt Ltd
12.	Bilaspur	Cl Educate Limited
		Orion Edutech Pvt Ltd
		Cradle Lifesciences Pvt Ltd
		Niit Yuva Jyoti Limited
		Cap Foundation
13.	Bishrampur	Shiv Pratisthan
14.	Dantewada	Quess Corp Ltd
15.	Dhamtari	Orion Edutech Pvt Ltd
		Barfani Anusandhan Sansthan
16.	Durg	Cap Foundation
		Cradle Life sciences Pvt Ltd
		Niit Yuva Jyoti Limited
17.	Rajim	Shiv Pratisthan

Source: http://ddugky.gov.in

 

6. CONCLUSION:

The livelihood colleges are now working to make rural youth in the state of Chhattisgarh more skilled by offering such training courses. A number of livelihood colleges have been opened in the state to mould the raw talent of youths in a well-defined form. Career fairs are being organised to increase awareness among the rural youth, and they can get knowledge of the different livelihood and career options available to them. The youth can now increase their empowerment by claiming the right to skill development. All these steps taken by state government to set up a milestone of success towards skill development is now providing positive results.

 

 

7. REFERENCES:

1.      Gangopadhyay D, Mukhopadhyay A.K and Singh Pushpa Rural Development: A strategy for poverty alleviation in India. S&T for Rural India and Inclusive Growth, India, Science & Technology 2008.

2.      Dwivedi A.K, Energising Youth through Skill Development, Article in Yojana, October 2017.

3.      Ministry of rural development, Govt. of India, Chapter VII- Rural Development, pp. 88-99

4.      http://ddugky.gov.in/content/state-skill-development-missions.

5.      http://bihan.gov.in/About_DDU-GKY.aspx.

6.     http://www.mpconsultancy.org/category/gallery/.

 

 

 

 

 

 

Received on 14.11.2017          Modified on 08.12.2017

Accepted on 06.01.2018           ©A&V Publications All right reserved