Lok Sabha Question No. 2523 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2023-12-18
Subject: NAPS/NATS
Ministry: SKILL DEVELOPMENT AND ENTREPRENEURSHIP
Asked by: Sangamlal Kadedin Gupta, Pratap Chandra Sarangi, P.P. Chaudhary, Anurag Sharma, C. R. Patil, Jayant Sinha, Ramapati Ram Tripathi

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF SKILL DEVELOPMENT AND ENTREPRENEURSHIP

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO.  2523

ANSWERED ON - 18/12/2023

## NAPS/NATS

2523.  SHRI SANGAM LAL GUPTA:

SHRI PRATAP CHANDRA SARANGI:

SHRI P.P. CHAUDHARY:

SHRI ANURAG SHARMA:

SHRI C.R. PATIL:

SHRI JAYANT SINHA:

DR. RAMAPATI RAM TRIPATHI:

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

- (a) whether the Government has any formalized system and criteria for granting financial support to the industries under NAPS scheme;
- (b) the  details  of  difference  between  the  National  Apprenticeship  Promotion  Scheme (NAPS) and the National Apprenticeship Training Scheme (NATS);
- (c) whether a persons can avail benefits under both the schemes i.e. , NAPS and NATS;
- (d) the  number of apprentices benefited under the said schemes from the Pratapgarh, Jhansi and Deoria Parliamentary Constituencies of Uttar Pradesh, Balasore Parliamentary Constituencies of Odisha, Pali Parliamentary Constituency of Rajasthan, Navasri Parliamentary Constituency of Gujarat and Hazaribagh and Ramgarh districts of Jharkhand.
- (e) the details of the monetary assistance provided under the said scheme to the above said Parliamentary Constituencies; and
- (f) whether the Government has devised any mechanism to monitor and keep a check the  number  of  apprentices  engaged  by  the  beneficiary  industries  and  if  not,  the  reasons therefor?

## ANSWER

THE  MINISTER  OF  STATE  IN  THE  MINISTRY  OF  SKILL  DEVELOPMENT  AND ENTREPRENEURSHIP

(SHRI RAJEEV CHANDRASEKHAR)

- (a)        Under the Govt of India's Skill India Mission (SIM), the Ministry of Skill Development and  Entrepreneurship  (MSDE)  delivers  skill,  re-skill  and  up-skill  training  through  an extensive network  of skill development  centres/colleges/institutes etc.  under  various schemes,  viz.  Pradhan  Mantri  Kaushal  Vikas  Yojana  (PMKVY),  Jan  Sikhshan  Sansthan (JSS), National Apprenticeship Promotion Scheme (NAPS) and Craftsman Training Scheme (CTS) through Industrial Training Institutes (ITIs) to all the sections of the society across the country. The SIM aims at enabling youth of India to get future ready & industry ready skills.

The  Government  of  India  launched  'National  Apprenticeship  Promotion  Scheme' (NAPS)  in  August,  2016  with  the  objective  to  promote  apprenticeship  training  and  to increase the engagement of apprentices by providing financial incentives to the establishments/  industries.  Guidelines  under  NAPS  issued  in  October  2019  specify  the eligibility/ criteria of employer to avail the benefits of the scheme and also on processing of claims.

Since,  2022-23,  the  scheme  is  extended  to  continue  as  National  Apprenticeship Promotion Scheme-2.  NAPS-2 provides partial stipend support to the apprentices engaged, undertake  capacity  building  of  the  apprenticeship  ecosystem,  and  provide  advocacy assistance to the stakeholders. Partial stipend support by Govt of India (GoI) is limited to 25% of stipend paid, up to a maximum of Rs.1,500 per month, per apprentice during the training period. The stipend support by GoI is paid through Direct Benefit Transfer (DBT) to the bank account of apprentices. DBT was launched under the scheme in July 2023.

- (b)            The  National  Apprenticeship  Training  Scheme (NATS) is  different  from NAPS as stated below:
- i. Stipend: Monthly stipend to the apprentices is shared between the Central Government and the Employer on 50:50 basis
- ii. Cohorts: NATS covers freshly pass out engineering graduates, diploma holders, graduate in general streams and students studying degree and diploma level courses in sandwich programme of engieneering.
- iii. Monitoring: The scheme is monitored by Board of Apprenticeship Training (BOAT)/ Board of Practical Training (BOPT).
- (c)            Amongst  the  cohorts  stated  above,  graduates  including  B.A.,  B.Sc.,  B.Com,  BE, B.Tech,  etc.  and  diploma  holders  who  get  registered  under  NATS  are  also  eligible  to register under NAPS for training under Optional Trades.
- (d) and (e)  The details of apprentices and the monetary assistance provided under NAPS and  NATS  with  respect  to  Pratapgarh,  Jhansi  and  Deoria  of  Uttar  Pradesh,  Balasore  of Odisha,  Pali  of  Rajasthan,  Navasri  of  Gujarat  and  Hazaribagh  and  Ramgarh  districts  of Jharkhand is at Annexure-I.
- (f)        Under both NAPS and NATS, web portal to monitor the apprentices engagement by the  establishments  is  in  place.   Further,  under  NAPS,  Regional  Directorates  of  Skill Development  &  Entrepreneurships  (RDSDEs),  State  Directorates  dealing  with  Skilling monitor the apprentices engagement through field visits. Further, the Skill India Digital (SID) platform launched under MSDE further facilitates monitoring of NAPS. Under NATS, Board of  Apprenticeship  Training  (BOAT)/  Board  of  Practical  Training  (BOPT)  monitors  the apprenticeship engagement.

## ANNEXURE  REFER  TO  IN  REPLY  TO  PART  (D)  and  (E)  OF  THE  LOK  SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 2523 TO BE ANSWERED ON 18.12.2023

1.        National Apprenticeship Promotion Scheme (NAPS)

Table-1: Apprentices details:

|   Sl. No. | District   | State         |   2020-21 |   2021-22 |   2022-23 |   2023-24 till 31.10.2023 |
|-----------|------------|---------------|-----------|-----------|-----------|---------------------------|
|         1 | Pratapgarh | Uttar Pradesh |        10 |        18 |       128 |                        86 |
|         2 | Jhansi     | Uttar Pradesh |       236 |      1168 |       957 |                       227 |
|         3 | Deoria     | Uttar Pradesh |        28 |       154 |       182 |                       130 |
|         4 | Pali       | Rajasthan     |       119 |       202 |       182 |                        81 |
|         5 | Balasore   | Odisha        |       169 |       127 |       311 |                       124 |
|         6 | Hazaribagh | Jharkhand     |       393 |       224 |       190 |                        66 |
|         7 | Ramgarh    | Jharkhand     |       537 |       522 |       349 |                       148 |
|         8 | Navasari   | Gujarat       |       507 |       608 |      1054 |                       503 |

Table-2: Monetary assistance provided (Figs in Rs. in Lakh)

|   Sl. No. | District   | State         |   2020-21 |   2021-22 |   2022-23 |   2023-24 till 31.10.2023 |
|-----------|------------|---------------|-----------|-----------|-----------|---------------------------|
|         1 | Pratapgarh | Uttar Pradesh |     0     |      0    |      0    |                     52.6  |
|         2 | Jhansi     | Uttar Pradesh |    27.911 |     59.4  |      0    |                      4.13 |
|         3 | Deoria     | Uttar Pradesh |     0     |      0    |      0    |                     20.83 |
|         4 | Pali       | Rajasthan     |     3.65  |     19.03 |     17.07 |                     14.51 |
|         5 | Balasore   | Odisha        |     0     |      0.28 |      1.48 |                     18.74 |
|         6 | Hazaribagh | Jharkhand     |     0     |      0    |      0    |                     14.06 |
|         7 | Ramgarh    | Jharkhand     |     0     |      0    |      2.06 |                     65.57 |
|         8 | Navasari   | Gujarat       |    23.35  |     21.6  |      0    |                     11.04 |

2.        National Apprenticeship Training Scheme (NATS)

Table-3: Apprentices details:

|   Sl. No. | District   | State         |   2020-21 |   2021-22 |   2022-23 |   2023-24 till 31.10.2023 |
|-----------|------------|---------------|-----------|-----------|-----------|---------------------------|
|         1 | Pratapgarh | Uttar Pradesh |        93 |       151 |       207 |                       132 |
|         2 | Jhansi     | Uttar Pradesh |        86 |       133 |       186 |                        60 |
|         3 | Deoria     | Uttar Pradesh |       196 |       232 |       437 |                       222 |
|         4 | Pali       | Rajasthan     |        29 |        45 |        87 |                        53 |
|         5 | Balasore   | Odisha        |        31 |        69 |       211 |                        84 |
|         6 | Hazaribagh | Jharkhand     |         0 |        12 |        13 |                         9 |
|         7 | Ramgarh    | Jharkhand     |        12 |        11 |         6 |                        17 |
|         8 | Navasari   | Gujarat       |        88 |       132 |       162 |                        53 |

Table-4: Monetary assistance provided (Figs in Rs. in Lakh)

|   Sl. No. | District   | State         |   2020-21 |   2021-22 |   2022-23 |   2023-24 till Oct 2023 |
|-----------|------------|---------------|-----------|-----------|-----------|-------------------------|
|         1 | Pratapgarh | Uttar Pradesh |     18.79 |     20.8  |     41.75 |                   12.49 |
|         2 | Jhansi     | Uttar Pradesh |     18.81 |     14.22 |     34.02 |                   11    |
|         3 | Deoria     | Uttar Pradesh |     35.28 |     35.82 |     73.19 |                   26.66 |
|         4 | Pali       | Rajasthan     |      5.79 |      4.6  |     14.6  |                    5.04 |
|         5 | Balasore   | Odisha        |     14.88 |     33.12 |    101.28 |                    2.02 |
|         6 | Hazaribagh | Jharkhand     |      0    |      5.76 |      6.24 |                    2.16 |
|         7 | Ramgarh    | Jharkhand     |      5.76 |      5.28 |      2.88 |                    4.08 |
|         8 | Navasari   | Gujarat       |     10.07 |     14.67 |     29.72 |                    6.17 |

*****