• ●Deen Dayal Upadhyaya Grameen Kaushalya Yojana (DDU-GKY) was announced by the Ministry of Rural Development on 25 September 2014, on Deendayal Upadhyaya's birth anniversary.
• ●It is a placement-linked, outcome-driven skilling programme for rural youth aged 15-35 from poor families, run under the Deendayal Antyodaya Yojana - National Rural Livelihoods Mission (DAY-NRLM).
• ●Workshop: two days at the National Agricultural Science Complex (NASC), Pusa, New Delhi, 7-8 September 2026, on completion of DDU-GKY 1.0 projects.
• ●Joint Secretary (Rural Skills-II) called for campaign-mode completion of documentation for over 2,000 DDU-GKY 1.0 projects.
• ●DDU-GKY 2.0 priorities stated at the workshop: at least 70 per cent placement and stronger employment retention.
• ●Technical support agencies presenting: NABARD Consultancy Services (NABCONS) and the National Institute of Rural Development and Panchayati Raj (NIRDPR), an autonomous body of the Ministry of Rural Development based at Hyderabad.
• ●Fourteen States/UTs presented completion status: Andhra Pradesh, Assam, Gujarat, Haryana, Himachal Pradesh, Karnataka, Maharashtra, Mizoram, Odisha, Punjab, Rajasthan, Telangana, Uttar Pradesh and West Bengal.

Which mission of the Ministry of Rural Development does the Deen Dayal Upadhyaya Grameen Kaushalya Yojana form a part of?