Lok Sabha Question No. 1217 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2022-07-25
Subject: National Apprenticeship Mela
Ministry: SKILL DEVELOPMENT AND ENTREPRENEURSHIP
Asked by: Midhun Reddy, Vijayakumar (alias) Vijay Vasanth, Ravneet Singh

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF SKILL DEVELOPMENT AND ENTREPRENEURSHIP

LOK SABHA UN-STARRED QUESTION NO: 1217 TO BE ANSWERED ON 25.07.2022

## NATIONAL APPRENTICESHIP MELA

## † 1217 SHRI P.V. MIDHUN REDDY:   SHRI VIJAYAKUMAR (ALIAS) VIJAY VASANTH: SHRI RAVNEET SINGH BITTU:

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

- (a) whether the Government has decided to organize Pradhan Mantri National Apprenticeship Mela in various locations across the country on a monthly basis;
- (b) if  so,  the  details  thereof,  State/UT  wise  including  Andhra  Pradesh  along  with  the criteria  for  selection  of  individuals  as  apprentices  in  the  companies  from  various  sectors participating in this Apprenticeship Mela;
- (c) whether the Government is taking any steps to give wide publicity to the conduct of this apprenticeship mela and if so, the details thereof;
- (d) whether  the  Government  intend  to  engage  million  of  unemployed  youths  and  give them technical knowledge through these melas and also address the problem of migration of youths at local level through the organisation of these Apprenticeship Melas; and
- (e) if so, the details thereof and if not, the reasons therefor?

## ANSWER

## MINISTER OF STATE IN THE MINISTRY OF SKILL DEVELOPMENT AND ENTREPRENEURSHIP (SHRI RAJEEV CHANDRASEKHAR)

- (a)  &  (b)  Yes,  Sir.  The  Government  has  decided  to  organize  Pradhan  Mantri  National Apprenticeship  Mela  (PMNAM)  in  various  locations  across  the  country  on  monthly  basis. States/ UTs have been asked to organize PMNAM every 2 nd Monday in 257 districts (1/3 of total districts) with the flexibility for choosing the district/ location and the day of mela based on local conditions/ festivals, etc.   So far two melas have been organized in the month of June  and  July,  2022.    The  State-wise  number  of  districts,  including  State  of  Andhra Pradesh, in which PMNAM is being conducted is enclosed at Annexure-1 .  The criteria for selection as an apprentice by the companies as per the Apprentices Act 1961 is minimum 14  years  of  age(18  years  of  age  for  hazardous  industries)  and  physical,  educational  / technical qualification as per the trade.
- (c) Wide  publicity  to  conduct  the  apprenticeship  mela  is  given  through  Government Media Channels like Press Information Bureau (PIB), Doordarshan, Community Radios, All India  Radio,  social  media  platforms  like  MyGov,  print  media,  digital  media  (SMS),  active State/ district participation through ITIs at the local level, through leaflets, mobilizing schools

and  colleges,  publicity  drive  by  Sector  Skill  Councils  (SSCs),  Third  Party  Aggregators (TPAs) and Regional Directorates of Skill Development & Entrepreneurship (RDSDEs) and Local Industry Associations.

(d) &  (e) The  government  is  striving to train 1 million  youth  per  annum  through apprenticeship training. For this PMNAM is being used as a platform where there is active participation of establishments and candidates and it also provides awareness to the youth on  various  opportunities  existing  across  the  participating  companies.  The  details  of establishments, candidates participated and contract generated in the last two melas is as below:

| Mela Date     |   No of districts/ location |   No. of Establishment Registered | No. of Candidates Registered   | No of contracts generated   |
|---------------|-----------------------------|-----------------------------------|--------------------------------|-----------------------------|
| 13-June- 2022 |                         195 |                              1485 | 81,992                         | 24,875                      |
| 11-July- 2022 |                         212 |                              1466 | 84,232                         | 23,199                      |

## (For UN-STARRED QUESTION NO: 1217TO BE ANSWERED ON 25-07-2022)

## Pradhan Mantri National Apprenticeship Mela (PMNAM)

| S#    | State / UT                               |   Number of Districts/ location |
|-------|------------------------------------------|---------------------------------|
| 1     | Andhra Pradesh                           |                               9 |
| 2     | Arunachal Pradesh                        |                               8 |
| 3     | Assam                                    |                              11 |
| 4     | Bihar                                    |                              13 |
| 5     | Chhattisgarh                             |                              11 |
| 6     | Goa                                      |                               1 |
| 7     | Gujarat                                  |                              11 |
| 8     | Haryana                                  |                               7 |
| 9     | Himachal Pradesh                         |                               4 |
| 10    | Jharkhand                                |                               8 |
| 11    | Karnataka                                |                              10 |
| 12    | Kerala                                   |                               5 |
| 13    | Madhya Pradesh                           |                              18 |
| 14    | Maharashtra                              |                              12 |
| 15    | Manipur                                  |                               5 |
| 16    | Meghalaya                                |                               4 |
| 17    | Mizoram                                  |                               4 |
| 18    | Nagaland                                 |                               5 |
| 19    | Odisha                                   |                              10 |
| 20    | Punjab                                   |                               8 |
| 21    | Rajasthan                                |                              11 |
| 22    | Sikkim                                   |                               2 |
| 23    | Tamil Nadu                               |                              13 |
| 24    | Telangana                                |                              11 |
| 25    | Tripura                                  |                               3 |
| 26    | Uttar Pradesh                            |                              25 |
| 27    | Uttarakhand                              |                               4 |
| 28    | West Bengal                              |                               8 |
| 29    | Andaman and Nicobar                      |                               1 |
| 30    | Chandigarh                               |                               1 |
| 31    | Dadra and Nagar Haveli and Daman and Diu |                               1 |
| 32    | Delhi                                    |                               4 |
| 33    | Jammu and Kashmir                        |                               6 |
| 34    | Lakshadweep                              |                               1 |
| 35    | Ladakh                                   |                               1 |
| 36    | Puducherry                               |                               1 |
| Total |                                          |                             257 |

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