Under the DDU-GKY 2.0 framework, what is the minimum placement duration for a trained candidate?
- A.Three months
- B.Six months
- C.Nine months
- D.Twelve months
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Explanation
The correct answer is six months. Under the earlier design of the scheme a placement counted only when the trained candidate held continuous employment for at least three months, so option A states the old rule and not the present one. The upgraded guidelines that the Government notified in May 2025 doubled that floor, so that training is judged by work that lasts rather than by a short spell of employment, and the revised rules recognise continuous as well as non-continuous employment, including wage work, self-employment and gig work. Option C names a period the guidelines do not use at any stage. Option D is the period for which a placed candidate is tracked after joining, and also the point at which upskilling and reskilling opportunities open up, but tracking is not the same thing as the placement test itself, so it does not answer the question.
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Practice Questions
DDU-GKY was launched on which date and under which mission?
- A.25 September 2014, under the National Rural Livelihoods Mission
- B.25 September 2015, under the Pradhan Mantri Kaushal Vikas Yojana
- C.2 October 2014, under MGNREGA
- D.15 August 2016, under the Skill India Mission
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The Ministry of Rural Development started the scheme on that date to give placement-linked skill training to youth of 15 to 35 years from poor rural households, and the scheme is marking its twelfth anniversary this year.
Read the full explanation →What financial assistance is given to a candidate placed under DDU-GKY 2.0?
- A.10,000 rupees paid as a single grant on joining
- B.7,620 rupees, at 1,270 rupees a month for six months
- C.15,000 rupees, at 2,500 rupees a month for six months
- D.No assistance is given after placement
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The support is deliberately paid month by month over the same six months that now make up the minimum placement period, so that the money helps a candidate stay in a new job and a new city rather than arriving as one lump sum.
Read the full explanation →Which two documents prepared by the Ministry of Labour and Employment were shared with employers at Shram Samvad?
- A.A Handbook of Compliance for Employers and a Compilation of Frequently Asked Questions
- B.A Labour Codes Annual Report and a Social Security Atlas
- C.A Wage Code Manual and an Industrial Relations Charter
- D.An EPFO Pension Guide and an ESIC Benefits Booklet
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Both were developed by the Ministry of Labour and Employment and were given to participants at Dewas so that employers and compliance professionals would find it easier to put the Labour Codes and the rules notified under them into practice.
Read the full explanation →Who presided over the Shram Samvad programme at Dewas and delivered its keynote address?
- A.The Union Minister of Labour and Employment
- B.S.R. Datta, Director, Ministry of Labour and Employment
- C.The Chief Minister of Madhya Pradesh
- D.The Central Provident Fund Commissioner
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Datta, Director, Ministry of Labour and Employment. He presided over the Dewas programme and gave the keynote address, in which he set out the main features of the Labour Codes.
Read the full explanation →Which organisation led the session on the Pradhan Mantri Shram Yogi Maandhan (PM-SYM) scheme at Shram Samvad?
- A.Employees’ Provident Fund Organisation
- B.Employees’ State Insurance Corporation
- C.Directorate General Labour Welfare
- D.Chief Labour Commissioner (Central)
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At the Dewas programme the DGLW took the session on the Pradhan Mantri Shram Yogi Maandhan, the pension scheme for unorganised sector workers known as PM-SYM.
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