Employment schemes for young Indians: placement-linked programmes and wage subsidies

Most employment-linked youth schemes route through DDU-GKY for rural placements, NULM for urban placements, and central wage-subsidy programmes that reimburse employers for hiring first-time wage workers. State employment exchanges still register job-seekers and notify them about state-government recruitment.

YouthPower tracks 49 schemes in this category, of which 16 are central government programmes and 33 are state government programmes.

What to look for when applying

Many placement-linked schemes require completion of a specific skill course before placement. Wage-subsidy schemes typically cap the subsidy at twelve to twenty-four months and require the employer to retain the worker.

Named examples

• Agnipath Yojana (Central · employment · Ministry Of Defence)
  A welfare scheme by the Department of Military Affairs, MoD under which rigorous military training will be imparted to the youth aged between 17.5 to 23 years and meeting other educational, physical, and medical criteria, who are aspirational to be a part of the armed forces.
• Digital India Internship Scheme (Central · employment · Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology)
  An opportunity for a student to secure practical work experience under the guidance of a qualified and experienced Supervisor/Mentor in Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology (MeitY) in the form of Digital India Internship Scheme.
• ICAR Emeritus Professor (Central · employment · Ministry Of Agriculture and Farmers Welfare)
  The ICAR floated the Scheme of Emeritus Professor in order to provide an opportunity to the superannuated teachers/ Scientists of universities, colleges and institutions under ICAR-AU System.
• ICAR Emeritus Scientist (Central · employment · Ministry Of Agriculture and Farmers Welfare)
  The ICAR Emeritus Scientist Scheme is a structural method of tapping the Brain and skill bank of the outstanding superannuated professionals of NARS by allowing them to complete the work in hand for its fruitful conclusion, and utilize their talent in teaching specialized courses.
• ICAR National Professor And National Fellow (Central · employment · Ministry Of Agriculture and Farmers Welfare)
  To promote excellence by recognizing outstanding scientists with proven output and outcomes for creating a culture of basic research through their project work in the National Agricultural Research System (NARS).
• Information, Monitoring, Evaluation and Social Audit (I-MESA): Project Monitoring Unit (PMU) (Central · employment · Ministry Of Social Justice and Empowerment)
  The scheme aims to intensely examine the implementation of schemes at the ground level and monitor scheme outputs and outcomes to ensure the quality of services being provided under these schemes. The scheme component provides for physical inspection of every scheme of the Ministry.
• Internship Scheme Of The Ministry Of Labour & Employment (Central · employment · Ministry Of Labour and Employment)
  Through the Internship Scheme, the Ministry of Labour & Employment engage eligible students as “Interns" to work for mutual benefit. The “Interns” shall have an opportunity to know about the Government functioning and Department Policy issues in the Government of India.
• Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Act (Central · employment · Ministry Of Rural Development)
  An employment scheme by the MoRD, providing provide at least 100 days of guaranteed wage employment in a financial year to every rural household whose adult members volunteer to do unskilled work. Any Indian citizen above the age of 18 years and residing in a rural area can apply to this scheme.
• National Centre for Communication Security (NCCS) Research Associates Scheme (Central · employment · Ministry Of Communication)
  NCCS engages young scholars as Research Associates to contribute in development of Telecom Security eco system with in India by providing an opportunity to them to work in areas like Telecom Security Standard development, Lab recognition and Security Certification of telecom products.
• National Youth Corps (Central · employment · Ministry Of Youth Affairs & Sports)
  A volunteership scheme by Ministry of Youth Affairs And Sports to tap the potential of the disciplined and dedicated youth In the age group of 18 to 29 years who have the inclination and spirit to engage in nation building exercises, to serve up to two years in Nation Building activities.
• Pradhan Mantri Viksit Bharat Rozgar Yojana: Part A- Support for First-Time Employees (Central · employment · Ministry Of Labour and Employment)
  This component of scheme provides an incentive to assist first-timer employees in navigating their learning curve before they become fully productive with completing their financial literacy course over EPO portal. It provides one time incentive of upto ₹15,000/- to assist first timer employees.
• Prime Minister Research Chair (PMRC) (Central · employment · Ministry of Education)
  The scheme aims to attract top Indian-origin researchers and scientists back to India to strengthen the higher education and research ecosystem. The scheme provides 120 research positions across three categories: Young Research Fellows, Senior Research Fellows, and Research Chairs.

The most active ministries in this category are Ministry Of Agriculture and Farmers Welfare, Ministry Of Labour and Employment, Ministry Of Science And Technology, Ministry Of Defence, Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology.

States with the highest number of dedicated state-government schemes in this category are All, Uttarakhand, Haryana, Assam, Tamil Nadu, Jharkhand, Tripura, Rajasthan.

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