17-07-2025
From The Hindu, July 18, 1975: Full utilisation of apprentice schemes planned
New Delhi, July 17: Steps will be taken to ensure fuller utilisation of the apprentice training schemes by the Union Labour Ministry. The Directorate General of Employment and Training will also launch immediately a vigorous drive for the utilisation of available training places for trade apprentices including the placement of graduate engineers and diploma holders in over 5,500 establishments covered under the Apprentices Act. The Government is also taking measures to give due representation to candidates from the rural population, the minorities and other weaker sections including the physically handicapped. To increase the placement of more apprentices nearly 40 additional trades are being designated in consultation with the Central Apprenticeship Council which is meeting here on July 31. At present out of nearly lakh training places located in these establishments nearly 66,000 apprentices are undergoing training giving an overall percentage of nearly 66. In the Central sphere out of about 31,000 seats about 21,000 are being utilised while in the State sphere, nearly 45,000 are being utilised against nearly 69,000 seats. The matter would also come up for discussion at the forthcoming State Labour Ministers' Conference. At a recently convened meeting of the Central Government Ministries it was decided to fully utilise the existing capacity and also to increase additional capacity to place maximum number of trainees under the apprentice schemes.
