The Ministry of Rural Development (MoRD) announced the Deen Dayal Upadhyaya Grameen Kaushalya Yojana (DDU-GKY) Antyodaya Diwas, on 25th September 2014. Empower Pragati signed MoU with ASRLM on 7th Sep, 2017 to commence this project. The target given by ASRLM is 1500 rural youths, who will be trained and placed in jobs with regular wages within Oct 2017 – Sep 2020. Districts to be covered for this project are Dhubri, Nagaon, Karbi Anglong, Karimganj, Hailakandi, Cachar, Chirang and Baksa.