Lok Sabha Question No. 16 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2020-09-14
Subject: Stipend to Apprenticeship
Ministry: SKILL DEVELOPMENT AND ENTREPRENEURSHIP
Asked by: E. T. Mohammed Basheer

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF SKILL DEVELOPMENT AND ENTREPRENEURSHIP LOK SABHA

## UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 16 TO BE ANSWERED ON 14.09.2020

## STIPEND TO APPRENTICESHIP

## 16. SHRI E.T MOHAMMED BASHEER:

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

- (a) Whether the Government proposes to increase the stipend payable o trade Apprenticeship and
- (b) if so, the criteria adopted  for the same  in respect of different categories of Apprenticeship

## ANSWER

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

- (a) & (b) The minimum rate of stipend payable to all categories of apprentices including trade apprentices have been revised and notified in Extra Ordinary Gazette of India dated 25 th   September,  2019.  The  minimum  stipend  is  based  on  educational  and  technical qualification requirement, prescribed in curricula of respective trades. The Apprenticeship Rule,  1992  as  amended  upto  September  2019  prescribes  that  during  the  2 nd   year  of apprenticeship  training,  there  shall  be  an  increase  of  10  per  cent  in  the  prescribed minimum  stipend  amount  and  further  15  per  cent  increase  in  the  prescribed  minimum stipend  amount  during  3 rd   year  of  apprenticeship  training.  Presently,  Government  is  not considering to increase the stipend payable to apprentices. The minimum stipend paid per month to all categories of apprentices is as under :

| Serial number   | Category                                                                                                                    | Prescribed minimum base stipend amount for 1 st year of training                                                                                                                                            |
|-----------------|-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
| (1)             | (2)                                                                                                                         | (3)                                                                                                                                                                                                         |
| (i)             | School pass-outs ( class 5 th - class 9 th )                                                                                | ₹ 5000 per month                                                                                                                                                                                            |
| (ii)            | School pass-outs ( class 10 th )                                                                                            | ₹ 6000 per month                                                                                                                                                                                            |
| (iii)           | School pass-outs ( class 12 th )                                                                                            | ₹ 7000 per month                                                                                                                                                                                            |
| (iv)            | National or State Certificate holder                                                                                        | ₹ 7000 per month                                                                                                                                                                                            |
| (v)             | Technician (vocational) apprentice or Vocational Certificate holder or Sandwich Course (Students from Diploma Institutions) | ₹ 7000 per month                                                                                                                                                                                            |
| (vi)            | Technician apprentices or diploma holder in any stream or sandwich course (students from degree institutions)               | ₹ 8000 per month                                                                                                                                                                                            |
| (vii)           | Graduate apprentices or Degree apprenticeship or degree in any stream                                                       | ₹ 8000 per month                                                                                                                                                                                            |
| (viii)          | Skill certificate holder                                                                                                    | a. stipend as per his/her educational qualifications as mentioned in the table above b. In case, he does not fall in any of the above categories, he/she will get a minimum stipend of INR 5000/-per month. |