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Entrepreneurs.9.Thmb.jpg Over 8 lakh candidates benefit from national apprenticeship scheme

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SME Times News Bureau | 02 Mar, 2020

Minister of State for Skill Development and Entrepreneurship R.K. Singh on Monday said that 8.16 lakh candidates benefit from National Apprenticeship Promotion Scheme.

In a written reply in the Lok Sabha, the minister said that 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.

In another reply to the House, the minister said that under the DDU-GKY scheme, 4.39 lakh candidates have been trained during 2018-19 and 2019-20, of which 84156 candidates belong to Scheduled Tribes.

Under the PMKVY 2016-20, 49.67 lakh candidates have been trained during the 2018-19 and 2019-20, of which 2.13 lakh candidates belong to Scheduled Tribes.

The Evaluation Study of PMKVY 2.0 by NSDC indicates that individuals trained and certified under Short Term Training (STT) are 1.8 times more likely to get employed and there is increase in employment and average monthly income of skilled youth.

Under Recognition of Prior Learning (RPL) certification, individuals have been benefitted in terms of increase in self-confidence, improvement in technical knowledge, soft-skills and average monthly income.

 
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