Lok Sabha Question No. 3649 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2020-03-16
Subject: Apprentice Protsahan Yojana
Ministry: SKILL DEVELOPMENT AND ENTREPRENEURSHIP
Asked by: Magunta Sreenivasulu Reddy

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF SKILL DEVELOPMENT AND ENTREPRENEURSHIP

## LOK SABHA

## UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 3649 TO BE ANSWERED ON 16.03.2020

## APPRENTICE PROTSAHAN YOJANA

## 3649 : SHRI MAGUNTA SREENIVASULU REDDY

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

- (a) Whether  the  Government  has  envisioned  a  target  for  training  20  lakh apprentices under the Apprentice Protsahan Yojana and if so, the details thereof;
- (b) The  details  of  progress  of  the  Apprentice  Protsahan  Yojana  along  with number of apprentices trained under this Scheme till date, State-wise, particularly in Andhra Pradesh; and
- (c) the details of the industries that have registered to avail this scheme till date, State/UT-wise?

## ANSWER

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

- (a) Apprentice Protsahan Yojana (APY) which was started on 16 th October, 2014 to share 50% of prescribed stipend to the apprentices by Government of India for the first two years of training for one lakh apprentices to be engaged by establishments by  March  2017.  APY  has  been  replaced  with  a  new  scheme  named  'National Apprenticeship Promotion Scheme' (NAPS) notified on 19 th August, 2016 to promote apprenticeship training. Currently APY scheme is not in operation.
- (b) & (c) The  details  of  progress  of  Apprentice  Protsahan  Yojana  along  with number of apprentices trained and industries registered under this scheme State/UTwise is attached at Annex-I.

## ANNEX-I

## DETAILS OF PROGRESS, NO. OF APPRENTICES TRAINED AND NUMBER OF INDUSTRIES REGISTERED UNDER APY TILL 18.08.2016

| Sl. No.   | Name of the State   | No. of Apprentices Trained   | No. of Industries registered   |
|-----------|---------------------|------------------------------|--------------------------------|
| 1         | Andhra Pradesh      | 196                          | 113                            |
| 2         | A & N Islands       | -                            | -                              |
| 3         | Arunachal Pradesh   | -                            | -                              |
| 4         | Assam               | -                            | -                              |
| 5         | Bihar               | -                            | -                              |
| 6         | Chandigarh          | -                            | -                              |
| 7         | Chattisgarh         | 58                           | 32                             |
| 8         | D & N Haveli        | 2                            | 01                             |
| 9         | Daman & Diu         | -                            | -                              |
| 10        | Delhi               | 3                            | 01                             |
| 11        | Goa                 | -                            | -                              |
| 12        | Gujarat             | 10                           | 06                             |
| 13        | Haryana             | 117                          | 76                             |
| 14        | Himachal Pradesh    | 37                           | 20                             |
| 15        | J & K               | 20                           | 18                             |
| 16        | Jharkhand           | -                            | -                              |
| 17        | Karnataka           | 5                            | 04                             |
| 18        | Kerala              | 24                           | 18                             |
| 19        | Lakshadweep         | -                            | -                              |
| 20        | Madhya Pradesh      | -                            | 01                             |
| 21        | Maharashtra         | 177                          | 97                             |
| 22        | Manipur             | -                            | -                              |
| 23        | Meghalaya           | -                            | -                              |
| 24        | Mizoram             | -                            | -                              |
| 25        | Nagaland            | -                            | -                              |
| 26        | Odisha              | 35                           | 30                             |
| 27        | Puducherry          | -                            | -                              |
| 28        | Punjab              | 108                          | 82                             |
| 29        | Rajasthan           | 21                           | 14                             |
| 30        | Sikkim              | -                            | -                              |
| 31        | Telangana           | 9                            | 04                             |
| 32        | Tamil Nadu          | 61                           | 35                             |
| 33        | Tripura             | 1                            | 01                             |
| 34        | Uttar Pradesh       | 70                           | 44                             |
| 35        | Uttarakhand         | 5                            | 02                             |
| 36        | West Bengal         | 11                           | 10                             |
|           | Grand Total         | 970                          | 609                            |

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