The study was conducted in Adilabad District of Telangana to understand the profile, analyse has how they came to about DDU-GKY training and to study the motivational factors of rural youth to undergo training under DDU-GKY. In all 120 rural youth from four Project implementing agencies (PIAs) constituted the sample for the study. The findings revealed that the factors viz. placement assured training (76%), interested area of training(55%) family members motivation (12%) and scope of getting better income(4%) motivated the respondents to attend the training.

Keywords: Training, Motivation, DDU-GKY, Rural Youth, Project Implementing Agencies.