Lok Sabha Question No. 2687 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2025-03-17
Subject: National Apprenticeship Training Scheme (NATS)
Ministry: SKILL DEVELOPMENT AND ENTREPRENEURSHIP
Asked by: Shri Vishnu Dayal Ram

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF SKILL DEVELOPMENT AND ENTREPRENEURSHIP

## LOK  SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO - 2687

ANSWERED ON 17/03/2025

## NATIONAL APPRENTICESHIP TRAINING SCHEME (NATS)

2687.  SHRI VISHNU DAYAL RAM:

Will the MINISTER OF SKILL DEVELOPMENT AND ENTREPRENEURSHIP be pleased to state :

- (a)   the current status of  National Apprenticeship  Training  Scheme (NATS);
- (b)  the number of  students and organizations enrolled under the scheme, year-wise for the past three years and State-wise; and
- (c)  whether the Government is facing any challenges in its implementation of the Scheme and if so, the steps being taken to address them?

## ANSWER

THE  MINISTER  OF  STATE  (INDEPENDENT  CHARGE)  IN  THE  MINISTRY  OF  SKILL DEVELOPMENT AND ENTREPRENEURSHIP

(SHRI JAYANT CHAUDHARY)

(a) to (c)  National Apprenticeship Training Scheme (NATS) is a flagship scheme of Government of India  for  on-the-job  training  and  skilling  of  Indian  youth.  It  is  implemented  by  the  Ministry  of Education through four regional Boards of Apprenticeship Training/Practical Training (BoATs/BoPT) located at Mumbai, Kanpur, Chennai and Kolkata.

NATS  provides apprenticeship training to fresh graduates, diploma holders and degree apprentices. The prescribed minimum stipend for Graduate/Degree apprentices is INR 9,000 per month  and  for  Technician/Diploma  apprentices  is  INR  8,000  per  month.  Government  of  India provides 50% of the prescribed minimum stipend for apprentices.

NATS has engaged 1.48 lakh, 2.68 lakh and 2.57 lakh apprentices in the financial years 2021-22, 2022-23, and 2023-24 respectively. In the current financial year over 4.73 Lakh new apprentices have been engaged as on 11th March 2025.

The government launched NATS 2.0 portal to bring students, industry and Higher Education Institutions(HEIs) on single platform. Through NATS 2.0 portal, the government has started disbursing its share of the stipend through Direct Benefit Transfer (DBT) mechanism. Till date, over 8.81 Lakh successful DBT transactions have been carried out.

To encourage enrolment under NATS, several outreach activities have been conducted in the form of Apprenticeship Fairs, Career Guidance Programmes, and Industry-Institute meets. Further, to improve the reach of NATS, an MoU has been signed with CSC e-Governance Services India Ltd. to leverage the CSC network.

The state-wise details of apprentices engaged, and industries registered in the last three financial years are mentioned in Annexure-I.

ANNEXURE - I The number of apprentices engaged, and Industries registered under the scheme, year-wise

for the past three financial years, and state-wise is given below:

|                                  | 2021-22                   | 2021-22                               | 2022-23                   | 2022-23                               | 2023-24                   | 2023-24                               |
|----------------------------------|---------------------------|---------------------------------------|---------------------------|---------------------------------------|---------------------------|---------------------------------------|
| State                            | Total apprentices engaged | Total industries registered till date | Total apprentices engaged | Total industries registered till date | Total apprentices engaged | Total industries registered till date |
| Andaman & Nicobar Island         | 20                        | 12                                    | 32                        | 12                                    | 19                        | 12                                    |
| Andhra Pradesh & Telangana       | 4793                      | 34                                    | 12706                     | 57                                    | 9565                      | 188                                   |
| Arunachal Pradesh                | 93                        | 26                                    | 71                        | 22                                    | 15                        | 22                                    |
| Assam                            | 1279                      | 282                                   | 1967                      | 244                                   | 1380                      | 287                                   |
| Bihar                            | 914                       | 167                                   | 4621                      | 379                                   | 7112                      | 538                                   |
| Chandigarh                       | 49                        | 38                                    | 270                       | 51                                    | 800                       | 108                                   |
| Chhattisgarh                     | 1,050                     | 85                                    | 2,535                     | 92                                    | 847                       | 100                                   |
| Daman-Diu and Dadra Nagar Haveli | 119                       | 39                                    | 186                       | 41                                    | 215                       | 47                                    |
| Delhi                            | 2029                      | 234                                   | 3257                      | 324                                   | 6499                      | 431                                   |
| Goa                              | 529                       | 118                                   | 766                       | 123                                   | 798                       | 137                                   |
| Gujarat                          | 4,824                     | 841                                   | 8,278                     | 987                                   | 9,516                     | 1083                                  |
| Haryana                          | 4252                      | 795                                   | 16275                     | 985                                   | 25691                     | 1310                                  |
| Himachal Pradesh                 | 527                       | 83                                    | 486                       | 200                                   | 1106                      | 317                                   |
| J&K and Ladakh                   | 29                        | 73                                    | 158                       | 88                                    | 272                       | 102                                   |
| Jharkhand                        | 2800                      | 319                                   | 3751                      | 324                                   | 3387                      | 482                                   |
| Karnataka                        | 6402                      | 20                                    | 10314                     | 152                                   | 11113                     | 330                                   |
| Kerala & Lakshadweep             | 2555                      | 12                                    | 8145                      | 93                                    | 8478                      | 138                                   |
| Madhya Pradesh                   | 1,191                     | 229                                   | 2,278                     | 250                                   | 2,239                     | 280                                   |
| Maharashtra                      | 34,539                    | 1862                                  | 55,664                    | 2099                                  | 50,048                    | 2466                                  |
| Manipur                          | 33                        | 13                                    | 29                        | 13                                    | 3                         | 13                                    |
| Meghalaya                        | 31                        | 12                                    | 29                        | 12                                    | 67                        | 12                                    |
| Mizoram                          | 28                        | 31                                    | 43                        | 33                                    | 33                        | 33                                    |
| Nagaland                         | 3                         | 10                                    | 4                         | 13                                    | 10                        | 16                                    |
| Odisha                           | 21798                     | 491                                   | 34938                     | 565                                   | 15538                     | 679                                   |
| Puducherry                       | 304                       | 3                                     | 718                       | 31                                    | 422                       | 25                                    |
| Punjab                           | 390                       | 114                                   | 480                       | 136                                   | 2614                      | 195                                   |
| Rajasthan                        | 945                       | 151                                   | 4492                      | 340                                   | 7467                      | 340                                   |
| Sikkim                           | 475                       | 26                                    | 405                       | 35                                    | 601                       | 40                                    |
| Tamil Nadu                       | 33332                     | 58                                    | 45967                     | 232                                   | 28453                     | 408                                   |
| Tripura                          | 120                       | 21                                    | 189                       | 23                                    | 141                       | 23                                    |
| Uttar Pradesh                    | 6734                      | 862                                   | 16846                     | 1049                                  | 11587                     | 1227                                  |
| Uttarakhand                      | 696                       | 128                                   | 3084                      | 164                                   | 1779                      | 194                                   |
| West Bengal                      | 15629                     | 467                                   | 29250                     | 618                                   | 49890                     | 678                                   |
| TOTAL                            | 148512                    | 7656                                  | 268234                    | 9787                                  | 257705                    | 12261                                 |

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