Captive Employment Initiative

March 30, 2023

Recently, the union Minister for Rural Development launched the Captive Employment initiative which is a unique initiative under the Deen Dayal Upadhyaya Grameen Kaushalya Yojana (DDU-GKY) in New Delhi

About Captive Employment initiative:

  • Captive Employment is a first-of-its-kind initiative aimed at 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.
  • The Union Ministry of Rural Development (MoRD) signed an MoU with 19 Captive Employers.
  • It aims to train and provide jobs for rural youth under the Deen Dayal Upadhyaya Grameen Kaushalya Yojana (DDU-GKY).
  • The Captive Employment Guidelines ensure the RTD (Recruit, Train and Deploy) model.
  • The RTD model addresses the needs of the industry, trains accordingly and ensures sustainable placements for rural youth.
  • This initiative caters to the needs of industry partners, ensuring long-term employment for underprivileged rural youth.
  • Captive Employers are the companies or industries that select rural youths, skill them, and deploy them in one of their establishments, sister concerns or subsidiaries.
  • Captive Employers are required to
    • Offer captive (in-house) placement to all the trained candidates.
    • Provide captive employment to a minimum of 70% of trained candidates for 6 months.
    • Captive employment gives a minimum salary of Rs 10,000 (for less than a 6-month course) and Rs 12,000 (for more than a 6-month course).

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