Question

Champion Employer under Deen Dayal Upadhyaya - Grameen Kaushalya who _______.

1. Can employ trained sports persons 
2. Has the capacity to start fresh industries for giving employment
3. Has the capacity to give placement to 5000 trained people in 2 years
4. Can get placement in government services

Answer 1

Correct Answer - Option 3 : Has the capacity to give placement to 5000 trained people in 2 years

The correct answer is Has the capacity to give placement to 5000 trained people in 2 years.

• Champion Employers – Employers who can train and place 5,000 or more rural poor youth candidates in 2 years are eligible to partner with DDU-GKY as ‘Champion Employers’.
• During the tenure of the MoU, champion employees need to train and employ/place a minimum of 2,500 rural poor youth annually. Hence Option 3 is correct
• Captive Employers – Businesses who can employ 500 or more candidates in their own organization or one of their subsidiaries and have suitable in-house training facilities are eligible to partner with DDU-GKY as Captive Employers. 
• The foundation day of Deen Dayal Upadhyaya Grameen Kaushalya Yojana (DDU-GKY) was recently celebrated as “Kaushal Se Kal Badlenge” (25th September).
• Ministry: Ministry of Rural Development
• Key takeaways: 
  • Agripreneurship (entrepreneurship in agriculture) Programme was inaugurated.
  • Guidelines regarding Captive Employment under DDU-GKY were released.
  • Guidelines for Promotion of Integrated Farming Cluster (IFC) were also released
  • Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) for capacity building of Farmer Producer Organisations (FPOs)/StartUps and providing incubation support in rural areas was signed.