Lok Sabha Question No. 4181 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2019-01-07
Subject: Apprenticeship Scheme for New Sector
Ministry: SKILL DEVELOPMENT AND ENTREPRENEURSHIP
Asked by: KONDA VISHWESHWAR REDDY

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF SKILL DEVELOPMENT AND ENTREPRENEURSHIP

## LOK SABHA

## UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 4181 TO BE ANSWERED ON 07.01.2019

## APPRENTICESHIP SCHEME FOR NEW SECTOR

## 4181.  SHRI KONDA VISHWESHWAR REDDY:

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

- (a) the details of the funds allocated, released and utilised under the apprenticeship scheme in the last two years, State/UT-wise;
- (b) the number of students who have been trained under the scheme, State/UTwise;
- (c) whether there has been a change in guidelines to open this scheme for new sectors and if so, the details thereof;
- (d) whether the Ministry has sought support from stakeholders in the industry to impart apprenticeship under the scheme and if so, the details thereof;
- (e) whether  the  Ministry  has  entered  any  formal  collaboration  with  an  industrial partner for the same and if so, the details thereof; and
- (f) whether  it  is  mandatory  to  hire  each  apprentice  as  an  employee  under  the scheme and if so, the details thereof?

## ANSWER

## MINISTER OF STATE IN THE MINISTRY OF SKILL DEVELOPMENT AND ENTREPRENEURSHIP (SHRI ANANTKUMAR HEGDE)

(a) The details of funds allocated and released during last two years and current financial  year  under  the  National  Apprenticeship  Promotion  Scheme  (NAPS)  is  as under.  The  State  Wise  details  of  funds  allocated,  released  and  utilized  under  the above scheme is given at Annexure-1

| Financial Year    |   Fund Allocated (in INR Crore) | Fund Released (in INR Crore)   |
|-------------------|---------------------------------|--------------------------------|
| 2016-17           |                             101 | 72                             |
| 2017-18           |                             500 | 39                             |
| 2018-19 (ongoing) |                              90 | 25 (as on 3 rd Jan, '19)       |

- (b) The number of students trained or undergoing training under the apprenticeship scheme as on 3 rd January,  2019 is 4.89 Lakhs; State and UT wise details is given at Annexure-2.
- (c) Government of India has amended the Apprentices Act, 1961 in year 2014 and Apprenticeship  Rules  in  the  year  2015  to  open  apprenticeship  training  for  new sectors. Major changes introduced in this regard are introduction of optional trades as required by industry, allowing industries to design relevant courses; and inclusion of service sector under the ambit of apprenticeship training. Accordingly, apprenticeship guidelines have also been revised to accommodate the above amendments.

(d) & (e) Ministry has sought support from stakeholders in the industry to impart apprenticeship training through the following ways:

(i)  The CEO of all Sector Skills Councils, who are the industry led bodies, have been appointed as Joint Apprenticeship Advisers, to assist Central Apprenticeship Adviser  and  to  perform  such  functions  as  may  be  assigned  to  them  under  the Apprentices Act, 1961(amended 2014).

(ii)  Ministry has undertaken initiatives for advocacy of apprenticeship in collaboration  with  industry  associations  like  Confederation  of  Indian  Industries (CII),  Federation  of  Indian  Chambers  of  Commerce  &  Industry  (FICCI)  and Industries  Cluster  Associations  through  various  means  like  road  shows,  social media,  direct  Emailing  etcetera.  These  initiatives  aims  at  generating  awareness about  the  reforms  brought  in  the  Apprentices  Act,  1961  to  ease  on-boarding  of industries under apprenticeship.

(f) The Apprentices Act, 1961 (amended 2014) makes it obligatory for employers to  engage  apprentices  who  have  a  workforce  of  40  employees  or  above.    For establishments having work- force of 6-40 employees, engagement of apprentices is optional. Industries are allowed to hire apprentices within the band of 2.5 to 10% of its total  workforce.  However,  for  establishments  with  5  employees  or  less,  are  not permitted to engage apprentices.

However, it is not mandatory to hire each apprentice as an employee under the scheme.

Details of the funds released and utilized under the National Apprenticeship Promotion Scheme in last two years for the State Component is as follows:

| S. No.       | State / Union Territory   |   Fund released FY16-17 (in INR Lakhs) | Fund utilized for FY 2016-17 (in INR Lakhs)   | Fund released FY17-18 (in INR Lakhs)   | Fund utilized for FY 2017-18 (in INR Lakhs)   |
|--------------|---------------------------|----------------------------------------|-----------------------------------------------|----------------------------------------|-----------------------------------------------|
| 1            | Andhra Pradesh            |                                 247.36 | 233.24                                        | 278.91                                 |                                               |
| 2            | Bihar                     |                                  15.65 | 2.64                                          |                                        |                                               |
| 3            | Chandigarh                |                                  10.4  |                                               |                                        |                                               |
| 4            | Chhattisgarh              |                                   7.11 | 3.60                                          |                                        |                                               |
| 5            | Dadra & Nagar Haveli      |                                  11.05 |                                               |                                        |                                               |
| 6            | Daman & Diu               |                                   0    | 0.00                                          |                                        |                                               |
| 7            | Delhi                     |                                  43.03 |                                               |                                        |                                               |
| 8            | Goa                       |                                   2.29 |                                               |                                        |                                               |
| 9            | Gujarat                   |                                2091.23 | 661.84                                        |                                        |                                               |
| 10           | Haryana                   |                                 326.09 |                                               | 721.80                                 |                                               |
| 11           | Himachal Pradesh          |                                  23.98 | 0.32                                          |                                        |                                               |
| 12           | Jharkhand                 |                                 174.43 |                                               |                                        |                                               |
| 13           | Karnataka                 |                                 408.21 | 11.76                                         |                                        |                                               |
| 14           | Madhya Pradesh            |                                  11.38 | 11.38                                         |                                        |                                               |
| 15           | Maharashtra               |                                1976.8  | 179.56                                        |                                        |                                               |
| 16           | Odisha                    |                                  96.57 |                                               |                                        |                                               |
| 17           | Puducherry                |                                  25.18 | 4.38                                          |                                        |                                               |
| 18           | Punjab                    |                                 185.05 | 9.46                                          |                                        |                                               |
| 19           | Sikkim                    |                                   4.59 | 4.37                                          |                                        |                                               |
| 20           | Tamil Nadu                |                                 175.09 | 175.02                                        | 286.08                                 | 21.74                                         |
| 21           | Telangana                 |                                  89.79 | 64.33                                         |                                        |                                               |
| 22           | Tripura                   |                                   0.1  |                                               |                                        |                                               |
| 23           | Uttarakhand               |                                  57.59 | 7.20                                          |                                        |                                               |
| 24           | Jammu and Kashmir         |                                   9.96 |                                               |                                        |                                               |
| 25           | Kerala                    |                                  14.34 | 7.38                                          | 115.50                                 | 102.16                                        |
| 26           | Uttar Pradesh             |                                 942.9  |                                               |                                        |                                               |
| 27           | Rajasthan                 |                                   0    | 0.00                                          | 396.99                                 |                                               |
| Grand Total: | Grand Total:              |                                6950.29 | 1376.53                                       | 1799.28                                | 123.90                                        |

Details of the funds released and utilized under the National Apprenticeship Promotion Scheme in last two years for the Central Component is as follows:

| Name of the RDAT   |   Fund allocated for 2017-18 (in INR Lakhs) |   Fund released for 2017-18 (in INR Lakh) |
|--------------------|---------------------------------------------|-------------------------------------------|
| RDAT Hyderabad     |                                         245 |                                    243.72 |
| RDAT Kanpur        |                                         370 |                                    324.1  |
| RDAT Mumbai        |                                         375 |                                    374.96 |
| RDAT Kolkata       |                                         220 |                                    219.63 |
| RDAT Faridabad     |                                         417 |                                    416.6  |
| RDAT Chennai       |                                         411 |                                    449.86 |
| Grand Total        |                                        2038 |                                   2028.87 |

## Annexure-2

The  number  of  apprentices  who  have  been  trained/  undergoing  training  under  the Apprenticeship Scheme, State/UT wise;

| State/Union Territory     | Number of Apprentices   |
|---------------------------|-------------------------|
| Andaman & Nicobar Islands | 0                       |
| Andhra Pradesh            | 17797                   |
| Arunachal Pradesh         | 0                       |
| Assam                     | 2072                    |
| Bihar                     | 1563                    |
| Chandigarh                | 667                     |
| Chhattisgarh              | 3558                    |
| Dadra & Nagar Haveli      | 403                     |
| Daman & Diu               | 92                      |
| Delhi                     | 4494                    |
| Goa                       | 643                     |
| Gujarat                   | 90427                   |
| Haryana                   | 53369                   |
| Himachal Pradesh          | 3783                    |
| Jammu and Kashmir         | 1450                    |
| Jharkhand                 | 18458                   |
| Karnataka                 | 31462                   |
| Kerala                    | 11837                   |
| Lakshadweep               | 0                       |
| Madhya Pradesh            | 13154                   |
| Maharashtra               | 103545                  |
| Manipur                   | 8                       |
| Meghalaya                 | 3                       |
| Mizoram                   | 0                       |
| Nagaland                  | 0                       |
| Odisha                    | 10368                   |
| Puducherry                | 1319                    |
| Punjab                    | 7480                    |
| Rajasthan                 | 8845                    |
| Sikkim                    | 93                      |
| Tamil Nadu                | 22817                   |
| Telangana                 | 15912                   |
| Tripura                   | 54                      |
| Uttar Pradesh             | 51551                   |
| Uttarakhand               | 7270                    |
| West Bengal               | 5362                    |
| Total                     | 4,89,856                |

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