Which one of the following statements about the Deen Dayal Upadhyaya G

Which one of the following statements about the Deen Dayal Upadhyaya Grameen Kaushalya Yojana (DDU-GKY) is not correct?

It is a placement-linked skill training programme exclusively for rural girls.
It aims to convert India's demographic surplus into a demographic dividend.
The scheme aims to benefit more than 55 million poor rural folk.
It is a generational poverty alleviation programme.
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UPSC CDS-1 – 2018
It is a placement-linked skill training programme exclusively for rural girls.
The Deen Dayal Upadhyaya Grameen Kaushalya Yojana (DDU-GKY) is indeed a placement-linked skill training program for rural poor youth. However, it is not exclusively for rural girls; it is open to both male and female rural youth aged 15-35 years (with age relaxation for certain vulnerable groups like women and PwD). Therefore, the statement claiming it is “exclusively for rural girls” is incorrect.
DDU-GKY is part of the National Rural Livelihoods Mission (NRLM), under the Ministry of Rural Development. It focuses on market-led, placement-linked skill training programs to help rural poor youth gain sustainable wage employment. The scheme aims to convert India’s demographic surplus into a demographic dividend by skilling its rural youth workforce. While the target of 55 million poor rural folk mentioned in option C seems exceptionally high for DDU-GKY alone (its initial target was 1 million by 2017, which has been extended), statement A is definitively false based on the eligibility criteria of the scheme.
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