Lok Sabha Question No. 6350 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2017-04-12
Subject: Apprentices Scheme
Ministry: SKILL DEVELOPMENT AND ENTREPRENEURSHIP
Asked by: KONDA VISHWESHWAR REDDY

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF SKILL DEVELOPMENT AND ENTREPRENEURSHIP

## LOK SABHA

UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 6350

TO BE ANSWERED ON 12.04.2017

## APPRENTICES SCHEME

## QUESTION

## 6350.  SHRI KONDA VISHWESHWAR REDDY:

## Will  the  Minister  of  SKILL  DEVELOPMENT  AND  ENTREPRENEURSHIP be pleased to state:

- (a) the State-wise and sector-wise details of total number of apprentices enrolled under the scheme so far;
- (b) the details of  total  amount  of  stipend  reimbursement  done  under  the programme so far; and
- (c) the  steps taken by the Government to ensure that the prescribed stipend is paid to the employees?

## ANSWER

## MINISTER OF STATE (INDEPENDENT CHARGE) IN THE MINISTRY OF SKILL DEVELOPMENT AND ENTREPRENEURSHIP (SHRI RAJIV PRATAP RUDY)

- (a) The  State-wise  details  of  total  number  of  apprentices  enrolled  under  the scheme so far is given in Annexure-I.
- (b) The details of total amount of stipend reimbursed under the programme so far is given at Annexure-II.
- (c) Under  the  Apprentices  Act,  1961,  apprentices  are  trainees  not  employees. Regional  Directors  of  Apprenticeship  Training  and  State  Apprenticeship  Advisers ensure that apprentices are being paid prescribed stipend by employers.

## Annexure-I

| S. No.   | Name of State/UT     |   Apprentices enrolled |
|----------|----------------------|------------------------|
| 1        | Andhra Pradesh       |                  10934 |
| 2        | Assam                |                    916 |
| 3        | Bihar                |                    444 |
| 4        | Chandigarh           |                    280 |
| 5        | Chhattisgarh         |                   1639 |
| 6        | Dadra & Nagar Haveli |                    255 |
| 7        | Daman & Diu          |                     14 |
| 8        | Delhi                |                   1319 |
| 9        | Goa                  |                    200 |
| 10       | Gujarat              |                  34730 |
| 11       | Haryana              |                  16627 |
| 12       | Himachal Pradesh     |                   1580 |
| 13       | Jammu and Kashmir    |                    289 |
| 14       | Jharkhand            |                  10414 |
| 15       | Karnataka            |                  15282 |
| 16       | Kerala               |                   5322 |
| 17       | Madhya Pradesh       |                   5417 |
| 18       | Maharashtra          |                  52489 |
| 19       | Manipur              |                      5 |
| 20       | Odisha               |                   5299 |
| 21       | Puducherry           |                    611 |
| 22       | Punjab               |                   4407 |
| 23       | Rajasthan            |                   3532 |
| 24       | Sikkim               |                     82 |
| 25       | Tamil Nadu           |                  13664 |
| 26       | Telangana            |                   8428 |
| 27       | Tripura              |                      4 |
| 28       | Uttar Pradesh        |                  25738 |
| 29       | Uttarakhand          |                   3339 |
| 30       | West Bengal          |                   2404 |
| Total    | Total                |                 225664 |

Annexure-II

| S. No.   | State/UT             |   Amount released so far (Rs. in Lakh) |
|----------|----------------------|----------------------------------------|
| 1        | Andhra Pradesh       |                                 247.36 |
| 2        | Bihar                |                                  15.65 |
| 3        | Chandigarh           |                                  10.4  |
| 4        | Chhattisgarh         |                                   7.11 |
| 5        | Dadra & Nagar Haveli |                                  11.05 |
| 6        | Delhi                |                                  43.03 |
| 7        | Goa                  |                                   2.29 |
| 8        | Gujarat              |                                2091.23 |
| 9        | Haryana              |                                 326.09 |
| 10       | Himachal Pradesh     |                                  23.98 |
| 11       | Jammu and Kashmir    |                                   9.96 |
| 12       | Jharkhand            |                                 174.43 |
| 13       | Karnataka            |                                 408.21 |
| 14       | Kerala               |                                  14.34 |
| 15       | Madhya Pradesh       |                                  11.38 |
| 16       | Maharashtra          |                                1976.8  |
| 17       | Odisha               |                                  96.57 |
| 18       | Puducherry           |                                  25.18 |
| 19       | Punjab               |                                 185.05 |
| 20       | Sikkim               |                                   4.59 |
| 21       | Tamil Nadu           |                                 175.09 |
| 22       | Telengana            |                                  89.79 |
| 23       | Tripura              |                                   0.1  |
| 24       | Uttar Pradesh        |                                 942.9  |
| 25       | Uttarakhand          |                                  57.59 |
| Total    | Total                |                                6950.17 |

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