CM's Apprenticeship Promotion Scheme | 23 Aug 2023

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On August 22, 2023, the cabinet under the chairmanship of Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath approved the proposal to expand the 'Chief Minister's Apprenticeship Promotion Scheme' (Higher Education) to include all graduate pass youth.

Key Points

• Under the scheme, the cabinet has given consent to reimbursement of Rs 1000 in the stipend given by the private establishments to the trainees by the state government.
• In this scheme, the amount of stipend has also been increased to Rs 9 thousand per month. In this, one thousand rupees will be reimbursed by the state government, while the remaining amount will be provided by the central government and entrepreneurs.
• In this amount, 50 percent, i.e. Rs.4500, is given by the Government of India and 50 percent by the respective institutes of Rs.3500. Now the state government will give an additional Rs 1000 to the amount given by the institute.
• The government has made a provision of Rs 100 crore for this in 2023-24 and the education department has been made the nodal department for this.
• Through the proposed scheme, private sector institutions will be encouraged to employ more and more non-technical diploma holder and degree holder youth as trainees.
• Under the scheme, non-technical diploma holders and graduate youth of the state will get employment for one year, while private and government institutions will get skilled personnel.