Which one of the following statements about the Deen Dayal Upadhyaya Grameen Kaushalya Yojana DDU GK...........

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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 thain 55 million poor rural folk.

It is a generational poverty alleviation programme.

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Explanation:

It is a placement-linked skill training programme exclusively for rural girls. The Ministry of Rural Development (MoRD) announced the Deen Dayal Upadhyaya Grameen Kaushalya Yojana (DDU-GKY) Antyodaya Diwas, on 25th September 2014. 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. DDU-GKY is uniquely focused on rural youth between the ages of 15 and 35 years from poor families. Over 180 million or 69% of the country’s youth population between the ages of 18 and 34 years, live in its rural areas. Of these, the bottom of the pyramid youth from poor families with no or marginal employment number about 55 million.