CURRENT AFFAIRS

Detailed explanation-1: -Pandit Deen Dayal Upadhyaya Sanchar Kaushal Vikas Pratisthan Scheme. Scheme: Ministry will impart training to 10, 000 people from 10 States/UTs in the first phase.

Detailed explanation-2: -Deen Dayal Upadhyaya Swavalamban Yojana Under this scheme, a provision of 40% front ended capital investment subsidy has been made for entrepreneurs, who wish to set up small and medium enterprises with a loan from Rs 10.00 lakhs up to Rs. 50.00 lakhs the of project cost.

Detailed explanation-3: -50% of the funds would be earmarked for SCs and STs, 15% to minorities and 3% for persons with disabilities. One third of the persons covered should be women.

Detailed explanation-4: -DDU-GKY is a part of the National Rural Livelihood Mission (NRLM), tasked with the dual objectives of adding diversity to the incomes of rural poor families and cater to the career aspirations of rural youth.

Detailed explanation-5: -Overview. DDU-GKY was launched on 25 September 2014 by Union Ministers Nitin Gadkari and Venkaiah Naidu on the occasion of 98th birth anniversary of Pandit Deendayal Upadhyaya. The Vision of DDU-GKY is to “Transform rural poor youth into an economically independent and globally relevant workforce".