Lok Sabha Question No. 223 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2019-06-24
Subject: Stipend to Apprentices
Ministry: SKILL DEVELOPMENT AND ENTREPRENEURSHIP
Asked by: Raksha Nikhil Khadse

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF SKILL DEVELOPMENT AND ENTREPRENEURSHIP

## LOK SABHA

## UNSTARRED QUESTION NO.223 TO BE ANSWERED ON 24.06.2019

## STIPEND TO APPRENTICES

## 223.    SHRIMATI RAKSHA NIKHIL KHADSE:

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

- a) whether the stipend paid to the apprentices have been linked with the minimum wages applicable to the respective State where the establishments have located;
- b) if so, the details thereof;
- c) the details of the stipend payable for the apprentices for their training period applicable under the Apprentices Act;
- d) the details of the stipend paid for the apprentices engaged having completed their Diploma and Graduate in various engineering disciplines; and
- e) the comparable statement for the stipend drawn by the apprentices in hand having completed their Industrial Training Institute (ITI) trades after X class and the Graduate or Diploma engineers engaged as apprentices ?

## ANSWER

## MINISTER OF STATE IN THE MINISTRY OF SKILL DEVELOPMENT AND ENTREPRENEURSHIP (SHRI R. K. SINGH)

(a) to (c) Yes Sir. The stipend paid to the trade apprentices have been linked with the minimum wages of semi-skilled workers applicable in the respective State where the establishments are located. The details are provided below in the table. This  stipend  is  payable  to  the  apprentices  during  their  apprenticeship  training period as defined under the Apprentices Act, 1961 (amended 2014).

| Minimum stipend to be paid to the apprentices   | 1st Year   | 70% of minimum wage of semi-skilled workers notified by the respective State or Union territory   |
|-------------------------------------------------|------------|---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|                                                 | 2nd Year   | 80% of minimum wage of semi-skilled workers notified by the respective State or Union territory   |
|                                                 | 3rd Year   | 90% of minimum wage of semi-skilled workers notified by the respective State or Union territory.  |

(d) The stipend  payable for  the  technician  apprentices  engaged  after  having completed their Diploma is INR 3542 per month and for Graduate apprentices in various engineering disciplines is INR 4984.

(e) The comparison between the stipend drawn by the apprentices who  have completed  their  Industrial  Training  Institute  (ITI)  trades  after  X  class  and  the Graduate  or  Diploma  engineers  engaged  in  apprentices  is  given  in  the  table below:

| Three categories of cities - A, B and C   |   Average minimu m wagesfo r the semi- skilled workers in INR |   Average Stipend rate for trade apprentices (1 st year at 70% rate)in INR* |   Stipend rate for graduate apprentic es in INR |   Stipend rate for Technician (Diploma) Apprentices in INR |
|-------------------------------------------|---------------------------------------------------------------|-----------------------------------------------------------------------------|-------------------------------------------------|------------------------------------------------------------|
| A                                         |                                                         16042 |                                                                     11229.4 |                                            4984 |                                                       3542 |
| B                                         |                                                         13702 |                                                                      9591.4 |                                            4984 |                                                       3542 |
| C                                         |                                                         11362 |                                                                      7953.4 |                                            4984 |                                                       3542 |

* This is indicative and will vary from State to State.

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