Lok Sabha Question No. 1746 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2020-03-02
Subject: Apprenticeship Scheme with Stipend
Ministry: SKILL DEVELOPMENT AND ENTREPRENEURSHIP
Asked by: P. Ravindhranath

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF SKILL DEVELOPMENT AND ENTREPRENEURSHIP

## LOK SABHA

## UNSTARRED QUESTIONNO.1746 TO BE ANSWERED ON 02.03.2020

## APPRENTICESHIP SCHEME WITH STIPEND

## 1746. SHRI P. RAVEENDRANATH KUMAR:

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

- (a) whether  the  Government  has  initiated  National  Apprenticeship  Scheme  with  stipend support and sharing of the cost of basic training to 50 lakh youth by 2020;
- (b) if  so,  the  details  thereof  and  the  number  of  beneficiaries  under  this  scheme,  State-wise including the state of Tamil Nadu till now;
- (c) whether the Government is also providing supplementary fiscal assistance to the States to make it fruitful; and
- (d) if  so,  the  details  thereof  and  the  follow  up  actions  taken  by  the  Government  to  make  it effective?

## ANSWER

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

- (a) and (b) The  Government  of  India  launched  ' National  Apprenticeship  Promotion Scheme' (NAPS) in August,2016 with stipend support and sharing of the cost of basic training with a cumulative target of training 50 lakh youth during  Financial Year 2016-17 to 2019-20. Following are the details of financial support components under NAPS:
- i. Stipend support :  reimbursement of 25% of prescribed stipend subject to a maximum of Rs 1500/- per month per apprentice with employers. The stipend support would not be given during the basic training period for fresher apprentices
- ii. Sharing of  cost of Basic Training: @ Rs7500/- for a maximum of 3 months or 500 hours in  respect  of    apprentices  who  come  directly  to  apprenticeship  training  without  any  formal trade training.

State/UT- wise, the total number of beneficiaries under NAPS including the state of Tamil Nadu till 25 th February,2020 is given in Annexure-I.

- (c) and (d) The government is not providing any supplementary fiscal assistance to the States to make NAPS more fruitful.

## Annexure-I

| S.No.       | Name of the State/UT        |   Apprentices Count |
|-------------|-----------------------------|---------------------|
| 1           | Andaman And Nicobar Islands |                   0 |
| 2           | Andhra Pradesh              |               28119 |
| 3           | Arunachal Pradesh           |                   0 |
| 4           | Assam                       |                5270 |
| 5           | Bihar                       |                3628 |
| 6           | Chandigarh                  |                1087 |
| 7           | Chhattisgarh                |               10483 |
| 8           | Dadra And Nagar Haveli      |                 562 |
| 9           | Daman And Diu               |                 164 |
| 10          | Delhi                       |                9263 |
| 11          | Goa                         |                2212 |
| 12          | Gujarat                     |              153246 |
| 13          | Haryana                     |               83007 |
| 14          | Himachal Pradesh            |                6233 |
| 15          | Jammu and Kashmir           |                1904 |
| 16          | Jharkhand                   |               23059 |
| 17          | Karnataka                   |               51641 |
| 18          | Kerala                      |               19232 |
| 19          | Lakshadweep                 |                   0 |
| 20          | Madhya Pradesh              |               25509 |
| 21          | Maharashtra                 |              168303 |
| 22          | Manipur                     |                  21 |
| 23          | Meghalaya                   |                  44 |
| 24          | Mizoram                     |                   0 |
| 26          | Ladakh                      |                   5 |
| 27          | Nagaland                    |                   6 |
| 28          | Odisha                      |               15361 |
| 29          | Puducherry                  |                2141 |
| 30          | Punjab                      |               10652 |
| 31          | Rajasthan                   |               14552 |
| 32          | Sikkim                      |                 217 |
| 33          | Tamil Nadu                  |               45764 |
| 34          | Telangana                   |               31005 |
| 35          | Tripura                     |                1087 |
| 36          | Uttar Pradesh               |               77030 |
| 37          | Uttarakhand                 |               11491 |
| 38          | West Bengal                 |               12671 |
| Grand Total | Grand Total                 |              816715 |

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