Changes notified in Apprenticeship Rules
The government has notified
changes in Apprenticeship Rules (1992) that seeks to increase skilled manpower
in the country, and raise monetary compensation of apprentices.
The Apprenticeship
(Amendment) Rules 2019 seeks to raise the hiring limit of apprentices to 15% of
the total strength of an establishment, and their stipend up to ₹9,000 per
month.
It has also lowered the
size-limit of an establishment with a mandatory obligation to engage
apprentices on an optional basis from 40 to 30, and reduced the size-limit of
an establishment wanting to engage apprentices, from 6 to 4.
Union Minister for Skill
Development and Entrepreneurship Mahendra Nath Pandey said significant changes
had been made in the Apprenticeship Act, whereby minimum stipends had been
doubled to between ₹ 5,000 and ₹9,000 per month.
As per the new rules,
notified with effect from September 25, the minimum amount of stipend
prescribed ranges from ₹ 5,000 per month — for school pass outs between Class
5th and 9th — to ₹9,000 per month to graduate or degree apprentices in any
stream.
Source | The Hindu | 2nd October 2019
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