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Catalyzing Youth Employment and Rural Livelihoods in Telangana: Leveraging SHG Women Groups’ Corpus and Capacity Building for a Skilled Workforce

G Vikramadhitya, Shaik Peer Sahab

Volume: 15 Special Issue: 5 2025

Abstract:

Telangana’s robust economic momentum, driven by high-growth sectors, provides a unique opportunity to leverage its demographic dividend. This potential is anchored by the successful Telangana State Rural Livelihoods Mission (TSRLM) network, an implementation of the Central Government’s Deendayal Antyodaya Yojana – National Rural Livelihoods Mission (DAY-NRLM), and the State’s pioneering Indira Mahila Shakti Policy – 2025. However, this opportunity is constrained by a critical misalignment: a surplus of college graduates lacking market-ready skills and a centralized skilling ecosystem that fails to effectively reach the rural Youth and Girl Child cohorts.

DOI: http://doi.org/10.37648/ijrssh.v15i05.025

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