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Deen Dayal Upadhyaya Grameen Kaushalya Jojana (DDU-GKY) is the skill training and placement scheme launched by the Government of India which focuses on the development of the rural poor youth through need based training and sustainable employment. The special feature of this scheme is that it mandate for the placement of at least 75% of the trainees of different trades. On this backdrop, this study has undertaken on the basis of secondary data of last five years to examine the performance of DDU-GKY in the state of Odisha in term of training and placement of rural youth. The performance of the scheme implemented through Odisha Rural Development and Marketing Society (ORMAS) is found satisfactory as 75%of trainees have provided employment in 3 years out of 5 years under study. However, the identification of skill of youth in particular trade, lack of formal education, dropout from school and marketable skill are the major challenges for the effectiveness of this programme.