Lok Sabha Question No. 40 (STARRED), answered on 2019-06-24
Subject: Apprenticeship
Ministry: SKILL DEVELOPMENT AND ENTREPRENEURSHIP
Asked by: Sudhakar Tukaram Shrangre, P.P. Chaudhary

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF SKILL DEVELOPMENT AND ENTREPRENEURSHIP

## LOK SABHA

## STARRED QUESTION NO. *40 TO BE ANSWERED ON 24.06.2019

## APPRENTICESHIP

## †*40. SHRI SUDHAKAR TUKARAM SHRANGARE: SHRI P.P.CHAUDHARY:

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

- (a)  the total number of industrial units across the country which are providing apprenticeship  training  along  with  the  industrial  region-wise  details  thereof  especially  in Maharashtra and Madhya Pradesh;
- (b)  the  action  being  taken  by  the  Government  against  the  said  units  which  are  not providing the said training;
- (c)  whether  the  Government  proposes  to  make  it  mandatory  to  provide  apprenticeship training in the country keeping in view that several large industrial units are functioning in several  metropolitan  cities  in  Maharashtra  and  Madhya  Pradesh  and  this  will  lead  to employment opportunities for the poor, educated and unemployed youth in the country; and
- (d)  if so, the time by which it is likely to be done along with the details of the preparations made in this regard?

## ANSWER

## MINISTER IN THE MINISTRY OF SKILL DEVELOPMENT AND ENTREPRENEURSHIP (DR. MAHENDRA NATH PANDEY)

- (a) to (d) A statement is laid on the Table of the House.

STATEMENT REFERRED TO IN REPLY TO PARTS (a) to  (d)  OF  LOK  SABHA STARRED QUESTION NO. *40 BY HON'BLE M.P.s - SHRI SUDHAKAR TUKARAM SHRANGARE AND SHRI P. P. CHAUDHARY REGARDING   'APPRENTICESHIP' FOR REPLY ON 24-06-2019.

- (a) A total number of 67,249 industrial units across the country is registered and active with apprenticeshipindia.org portal for providing apprenticeship training. Out of these registered industrial units, 24,498  are actually engaging  apprentices. In Maharashtra 8,368 industrial units and in Madhya Pradesh 5,083 industrial units are registered  with  apprenticeshipindia.org  portal  for  providing  apprenticeship  training. However, out of these registered units only 4,433 industrial units in Maharashtra and 276 industrial units in Madhya Pradesh are providing apprenticeship training.

The industrial region wise details of establishments/ industrial units which are covered under the ambit of Apprentices Act 1961 are given in table below.

|   S.No | Name of Region                 | No. of Industrial Units   |
|--------|--------------------------------|---------------------------|
|      1 | Mumbai-Pune Industrial Region: | 4,569                     |
|      2 | Hugli Industrial Region        | 330                       |
|      3 | Bangalore-Tamil Nadu           | 15,938                    |
|      4 | Gujarat Industrial Region      | 5,093                     |
|      5 | Chotanagpur Industrial Region  | 1,063                     |
|      6 | Vishakhapatnam-Guntur          | 1,494                     |
|      7 | Delhi-Meerut Industrial Region | 2,190                     |
|      8 | Kollam-Thiruvananthapuram      | 986                       |

- (b) Government  is advocating Apprenticeship Training to create awareness amongst  industrial  units  through  extensive  outreach  programme  by  conducting workshops  in  various  industrial  regions.  Show  cause  notices  as  per  provision  of Apprentices  Act  1961(amended  up  to  2014),  are  being  issued  to  industrial  units /companies/establishments for noncompliance.
- (c) & (d) As per Apprentices Act 1961 (amended up to 2014), it is obligatory on the part of employers having manpower strength of 40 or more to engage apprentices in  a  band  of  2.5%  to  10%  of  total  manpower  strength  of  their  industrial  units/ establishments  including  contractual  staff.  Thus,  it  is  mandatory  for  these  industrial units  to  provide  apprenticeship  training  to  a  minimum  of  2.5%  of  total  manpower strength including contractual staff, annually.
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