The DDU-GKY, launched on September 25, 2014, is a nationwide placement-linked skill training program funded by the Ministry of Rural Development (MoRD).The DDU-GKY seeks to build the placement-linked skills of the poor rural youth and place them in wage employment across various sectors of the economy.
Bhubaneswar: Controversy surfaced over Odisha government’s announcement that it has won the Prime Minister’s award for being the best State in skill development of rural youths under the Deen Dayal Upadhyay Grameen Kaushalya Yojana (DDU-GKY). While the Odisha unit of BJP slammed the State government saying that it is using the Prime Minister’s name as […]
Bhubaneswar: Odisha Agriculture Minister, Pradeeep Maharathy on Tuesday taunted Union Petroleum and Skill Development Minister, Dharmendra Pradhan by referring him as ‘Mahanadi River’- which could dry up. Maharathy’s remarks came at a time when Odisha is at loggerheads with the Chhattisgarh & central governments over illegal construction of barrages on Mahanadi River by the neighbouring […]