The Government of India launched “National Apprenticeship Promotion Scheme” (NAPS) in August,2016 with stipend support and sharing of the cost of basic training  with a cumulative target of training 50 lakh youth during  Financial Year 2016-17 to 2019-20. Following are the details of financial support components under NAPS:

 

• i. Stipend support : reimbursement of 25% of prescribed stipend subject to a maximum of Rs 1500/- per month per apprentice with employers. The stipend support would not be given during the basic training period for fresher apprentices

 

2. Sharing of  cost of Basic Training: @ Rs7500/- for a maximum of 3 months or 500 hours in respect of  apprentices who come directly to apprenticeship training without any formal trade training. The government is not providing any supplementary fiscal assistance to the States to make NAPS more fruitful.

 

State/UT- wise, the total number of beneficiaries under NAPS including the state of Tamil Nadu till 25^th February,2020 is given in Annexure-I.

 

Annexure-I

S.No.	Name of the State/UT	Apprentices Count
1	Andaman And Nicobar Islands	0
2	Andhra Pradesh	28119
3	Arunachal Pradesh	0
4	Assam	5270
5	Bihar	3628
6	Chandigarh	1087
7	Chhattisgarh	10483
8	Dadra And Nagar Haveli	562
9	Daman And Diu	164
10	Delhi	9263
11	Goa	2212
12	Gujarat	153246
13	Haryana	83007
14	Himachal Pradesh	6233
15	Jammu and Kashmir	1904
16	Jharkhand	23059
17	Karnataka	51641
18	Kerala	19232
19	Lakshadweep	0
20	Madhya Pradesh	25509
21	Maharashtra	168303
22	Manipur	21
23	Meghalaya	44
24	Mizoram	0
26	Ladakh	5
27	Nagaland	6
28	Odisha	15361
29	Puducherry	2141
30	Punjab	10652
31	Rajasthan	14552
32	Sikkim	217
33	Tamil Nadu	45764
34	Telangana	31005
35	Tripura	1087
36	Uttar Pradesh	77030
37	Uttarakhand	11491
38	West Bengal	12671
Grand Total		816715

 

This information was given by the Minister of State for Skill Development and Entrepreneurship Shri R.K. Singh in a written reply in the Lok Sabha today.

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