Q.Write a short note on: TRYSEM

TRYSEM (Training of Rural Youth for Self-Employment), launched in 1979, gave skill and entrepreneurial training to rural youth from poor families aged 18 to 35 so they could become self-employed; it was later merged into larger rural self-employment programmes.

TRYSEM is a rural human-resource and employment programme covered in the AP Intermediate 2nd-year Economics course (aligned with the NCERT/CBSE commerce curriculum).

Main features. TRYSEM stands for Training of Rural Youth for Self-Employment. It was started in 1979 with the objective of equipping rural youth, generally in the age group of 18 to 35 years and belonging to poor families below the poverty line, with technical and entrepreneurial skills. The training enabled them to take up self-employment in agriculture, industry, services and business, thereby reducing rural unemployment and poverty. In later years it was merged with other rural self-emp …