“Assessing The Impact Of Deen Dayal Upadhyaya Grameen Kaushalya Yojana (DDUGKY) On Rural Youth Employability And Socio-Economic Transformation: Evidence From Tumkur And Bangalore Rural Districts Of Karnataka”

Abstract

Deen Dayal Upadhyaya Grameen Kaushalya Yojana (DDU-GKY) is a skill training placement program that is optimistically aimed at increasing employability of the young members of poor families residing in rural districts. The study project will aim at examining the impacts of DDU-GKY on the employability of the rural youth, skills acquisition and socio-economic change of the Tumkur and Bangalore Rural Districts i.e. state of Karnataka. The survey was done on 442 filler registered youth of which 198 were of Tumkur and 244 were of Bangalore Rural District. The data collection instrument was a structured questionnaire and took about eighty items and data were analysed through statistical application (SPSS and Excel) which included descriptive statistics, Chi-Square test, ANOVA and hypothesis test. The results showed that the attitude regarding the ability increased among the youths, that the level of education was positively correlated with the impediments which the youths had to against them to acquire the capabilities of the youths and that the respondents positively reacted to the statement that there was an improvement in their life both personally and socially and that they believed there was optimism in decision making and confidence as a result of being trained to acquire the skills of the youths. The study did however find some gaps in the area of specialization skills required like automobile, electrical and agricultural industries and that there are few chances of obtaining work in the country and that the families of the rural youth require more agricultural experience. The paper has discovered that the DDU-GKY solution is an interesting way of addressing the issue of employment and the sustainable youth development in rural areas, but it should focus more on the process of the expansion of the society and the improvement of the field-specific training and the compliance with the local livelihood paradigm.