Dimapur, August 7 (MExN): Nagaland State Rural Livelihoods Mission (NSRLM) organized outreach programme for the potential Project Implementing Agencies (PIAs) of Deen Dayal Upadhyaya Grameen Kaushalya Yojana (DDU-GKY), the skill development and placement program of Ministry of Rural Development, Government of India, on August 4 at Hotel Seb Tower, Dimapur.
The event was organized to bring PIAs and the project appraisal agency for DDU-GKY in Nagaland, NABCONS to assess the level of preparedness for implementation of DDU-GKY, stated a press release from Athel O Lotha, Addl. Secretary, RD & Mission Director, NSRLM.
At the programme, Athel O Lotha shared that under DDU-GKY, the Ministry of Rural Development has given a target of 6924 rural youths to be trained and given placement by the year 2020. It is implemented through PPP model. Preference, she said, will be given to local PIAs who fulfil the Ministry’s criteria for implementing skill development and placement projects by obtaining Permanent Registration Number (PRN) from the Ministry of Rural Development.
The North East scenario of DDU-GKY implementation was shared by Tenzing Choesang, North East representative for DDU-GKY MoRD, while Action Plan of Nagaland as approved by the Ministry was shared by Menuoneituo Chadi, COO (Skills).
Technical session on PRN registration, various processes of proposal submission and appraisals was conducted by representatives of NABCONS from New Delhi and Guwahati.
