The scheme 'Deen Dayal Upadhyaya Grameen Kaushalya Yojana (DDU-GKY)' is a skill training and placement program of the Ministry of Rural Development (MoRD). The program focuses on the rural poor youth and its emphasis on sustainable employment through the prominence and incentives given to post-placement tracking, retention, and career progression. DDU-GKY is designed to provide high-quality skill training opportunities to the rural poor, and also to establish a larger ecosystem that supports trained candidates to secure a better future. DDU-GKY aims to skill rural youth who are poor and provide them with jobs having regular monthly wages at or above the minimum wage.

Implementation of DDU-GKY involves State Governments, Technical Support Agencies such as the National Institute of Rural Development and Panchayati Raj (NIRD & PR), and Project Implementing Agencies (PIAs). Parties interested in running a DDU-GKY training program and assessments in partnership with the IT-ITeS Sector Skills Council Nasscom are expected to produce a sanction letter from MoRD. Once the sanction letter is obtained, the following process must be followed: