Lucknow,

30 April (HS): The Rural Skill Division

of the Ministry of Rural Development in collaboration with National Informatics

Centre (NIC-DRD) organized a virtual orientation regarding the portal to make

the Deen Dayal Upadhyaya Grameen Kaushalya Yojana (DDU-GKY) and Rural Self

Employment Training Institute (RSET) programmes more effective.

Under

this initiative, the Ministry organised an online guidance session for key

officials of Rural Development and Skill Development Departments of all States,

as well as top officials of State Rural Livelihoods Missions (SRLMs) and State

Skill Development Missions (SSDMs). The main agenda of this virtual meeting

focused on preparations for the upcoming implementation of DDU-GKY 2.0. The

participants were particularly briefed on three important aspects of the new

portal – stakeholder registration, Expression of Interest (EOI) module, and

Project Reference Number (PRN) module.

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Pradesh Skill Development Mission Director Pulkit Khare and Additional Mission

Director Priya Singh and other senior officers and staff associated with

DDU-GKY also shared their views in this important session. The government aims

to make skill development efforts under DDU-GKY and RSETI more transparent,

efficient and accountable, thereby providing better employment opportunities to

rural youth.

Hindusthan Samachar / Abhishek Awasthi