NEWS

A webinar on Captive Employment Policy under Deen Dayal Upadhyaya Grameen Kaushalya Yojana (DDU-GKY) was recently held

ABOUT CAPTIVE EMPLOYMENT

WHO IS A CAPTIVE EMPLOYER

• Any employer or industry
• Provides employment to candidates in their own organization or one of its subsidiaries
• Has suitable in-house training facilities
• NOTE : Placements provided by captive employers are called captive placements.

CAPTIVE EMPLOYMENT IN INDIA

• First of its kind initiative aimed at a
• Addressing the vision of a dynamic and demand-based skilling ecosystem
• Catering to the requirements of industry partners assuring sustainable placements for rural poor youth
• Shot in the arm for the DDU-GKY programme
• Assures post-training placement of candidates for a minimum of six months with a minimum CTC of Rs 10,000/-
• Model will allow the industry to source trainees as per their requirement with active support from States/UTs and train them as per the requirement of their own organizational/industry/ subsidiaries /operational need and provide candidates with assured placement
• A Request for Expressions of Interest (REOI) has been floated on 1 February, 2022, to empanel such ‘Captive Employers’ and the first pre-proposal meeting regarding the same was organised on 21 Feb, 2022

DEEN DAYAL UPADHYAYA GRAMEEN KAUSHALYA YOJANA (DDU-GKY)

• Launched on the 25th September, 2014
• Nationwide placement-linked skill training program
• Funded by the Ministry of Rural Development (MoRD)
• Seeks to build the placement linked skills of the poor rural youth and place them in wage employment across various sectors of the economy
• Has an outcome led design with guaranteed placements for at least 70% trained candidates and is moving towards minimum mandatory certification.