New Delhi, Aug 22 (TIWN) Over 75,000 candidates enrolled for training in special camps organised across the country under the Deen Dayal Upadhyaya Grameen Kaushalya Yojana (DDU-GKY) as part of Azadi Ka Amrit Mahotsav (AKAM).

In a statement, the Ministry of Rural Development has said that as part of the AKAM celebrations, around 1,183 ‘mobilisation camps’ were organised across the country under the DDU-GKY programme between August 13 to 19.  State Rural Livelihood Missions and State Skills Missions came together with various Project Implementation Agencies (PIAs) to make the all-India event a grand success, the statement noted.