DDU-GKY is the demand-driven placement-linked skill training initiative of the Ministry of Rural Development, Government of India (MoRD), uniquely aimed at rural poor youth between 15 and 35 years of age, with the purpose to create income diversity in poor families and help rural youth realize their career aspirations. DDU-GKY has its origins in the ‘Special Projects’ component of the Swarnajayanti Gram SwarozgarYojana (SGSY), which was positioned as a holistic livelihoods intervention in 2004.From the very beginning of DDU-GKY our organization is a PIA under YP status approved by MoRD. Deen Dayal Upadhyaya Grameen Kaushalya Yojana (DDU-GKY) aims to skill rural youth who are poor and provide them with jobs having regular monthly wages or above the minimum wages.Malankara Social Service Society is sanctioned with a total training target of 684 as a part of Phase 4 project allocation on 25th May 2018.
