Captive Employment Policy under Deen Dayal Upadhyaya Grameen Kaushalya Yojana (DDU-GKY) 

Captive Employment Policy under Deen Dayal Upadhyaya Grameen Kaushalya Yojana (DDU-GKY) 

Part of: GS-Prelims and GS-II: Government schemes and policies

‘Captive Employer’,  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 initiative is a shot in the arm for the DDU-GKY programme, assuring post-training placement of candidates for a minimum of six months with a minimum CTC of Rs 10,000/-.
• The model will allow the industry to source trainees as per their requirement with active support from States/UTs and train them as per the requirement of their own organizational/industry/ subsidiaries /operational need and provide candidates with assured placement. 
• It will also allow employers to select rural youth and skills & deploy them in one of their establishment/subsidiaries.

About Deen Dayal Upadhyaya Grameen Kaushalya Yojana (DDU-GKY)

• A nationwide placement-linked skill training program funded by the Ministry of Rural Development (MoRD), Government of India (GoI). 
• DDUGKY seeks to build the placement linked skills of the poor rural youth and place them in wage employment across various sectors of the economy. 
• The programme has an outcome led design with guaranteed placements for at least 70% trained candidates and is moving towards minimum mandatory certification.
• The DDU-GKY scheme mandates one-third of the total candidates being trained under the scheme to be women. Also, even though the scheme targets rural poor youth in the age group of 15-35 years, the upper age limit for women candidates is 45 years.
• Cumulatively 11.44 lakh youth have been trained and 7.15 lakh youth have been placed till 31st January 2022.

News Source: PIB

Carbon capture and utilization

Part of: GS-Prelims and GS-III: Science & Technology

Context: Indian Scientists have discovered a strategy to synthesize novel solid adsorbents for CO2 capture and utilization. Prof. Banerjee’s group from IISER-Kolkata, has discovered special types of nanoparticles or microparticles which can capture CO2 in their micro and mesoporous voids.

• Carbon capture and utilization are growing fields of research focusing on reducing CO2 emissions. 
• Although several industrial advancements have already been demonstrated, none of the technologies can provide an economically viable and complete CO2 capture and utilization solution. Therefore, fundamental research on novel solid adsorbents might offer a critical material for CO2 capture and CO2 utilization.

News Source: PIB