Rule purpose
Rule 10 operationalises section(s) 19 of the Apprentices Act and should be read with the applicable Schedule, curriculum, portal workflow and adviser directions.
Employer implementation
- Use the current portal fields and contract format, but retain an offline legal checklist so portal configuration does not become the only control.
- Map every apprentice to category, qualification, trade, duration, stipend, supervisor and approving authority.
- Keep dated screenshots/acknowledgements for registration, changes, termination, stipend and reporting.
- Escalate State/jurisdiction and adviser questions before onboarding rather than after a portal rejection.
Rule text extract
The bundled 1992 Rules PDF is an older consolidated source. The amendment overlay above controls where later Gazette changes apply.
10. Maintenance of record of work by apprentices:-
Every Graduate or Technician or Technician (Vocational) Apprentice shall
maintain a daily record of the work done by him relating to the apprenticeship training
in the form of a workshop or laboratory note book.
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*
Substituted vide GSR No. 404, dated 25th November 1997
**
Inserted vide GSR No. 190(E) dated 26th February, 1999
*11. Payment of stipend to apprentices:-
(1) The minimum rate of stipend per month payable to trade apprentices shall be
follows, namely:-
(a) During the first year of : Seventy per cent. of minimum wage of
training semi-skilled workers notified by the
respective State or Union territory
(b) During the second year of : Eighty per cent. of minimum wage of semi-
training skilled workers notified by the respective
State or Union territory
(c) During the third and fourth : Ninety per cent. of minimum wage of semi-
year of training skilled workers notified by the respective
State or Union territory:
Provided that in the case where the minimum rate of wage for a trade is not
notified by the State Government or Union territory, then, the maximum of minimum
wages of the Scheduled Employment notified by such State Government or Union
territory for semi-skilled workers shall be taken into account for paying the stipend in
respect of that trade:
Provided further that in the case of trade apprentices referred to in clause
(a) of section 6 of the Act, the period of training already undergone by them in a
school or other institution recognised by the National Council, shall be taken into
account for the purpose of determining the rate of stipend payable”.
(2)** The minimum rates of stipend payable to Graduate, Technician and
Technician (Vocational) Apprentices shall be as follows namely:-
a. Graduates Apprentices Rs. 4984/-per month
b. Sandwich course Rs.3542/-per month.
(Students from Degree institutions)
c. Technician Apprentices Rs.3542/-per month
d. Sandwich course Rs.2890/-per month.
(Students from Diploma institutions)
e. Technician (Vocational) Apprentices. Rs.2758/-per month.
3. The stipend for a particular month shall be paid by the tenth day of the
following month and the stipend shall be paid through the bank account of
apprentices.
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* Substituted by GSR No. 680(E), dated 22nd September, 2014
** Substituted by GSR No. 910(E), dated 23rd December, 2014
(4) No deduction shall be made from the stipend for the period during which an
apprentice remains on casual leave or medical leave. Stipend shall, however, not be
paid for the period for which an apprentice remains on extraordinary leave.
(5) Notwithstanding anything contained in this rule, where an establishment has a
system of deferred payment whereby only a portion of the stipend is paid to the
apprentice every month and the balance is paid to the apprentice on the
completion of training such establishment shall be free to continue such system
provided that the minimum amount paid to the apprentices every month shall not be
less than the monthly stipend prescribed under these rules and no deduction is
made from the said accumulated amount on any account. Establishments which do
not already have such a system shall be free to institute a system on the same
conditions.
(6) The continuance of payment of stipend to an apprentice shall be subject to the work
and conduct of the apprentice being satisfactory.
(7) Where the work and conduct of the apprentice is not satisfactory, the employer
shall report the matter to the Apprenticeship Adviser and with his consent may
stop the continuance of payment of stipend to the apprentices.
Provided that the stipend of an apprentice shall not be stopped without
intimating him the grounds thereof and giving him an opportunity of representing
against the action proposed.
(8) On report being made by the employer under sub-rule (7) the Apprenticeship
Adviser shall give his decision thereon within thirty days of the receipt of the report
and where the Apprenticeship Adviser does not communicate to the employer refusal
to consent to the stopping of the payment of stipend within the period of thirty days,
it shall be deemed that he has consented to the stopping of the stipend
12. Hours of work:-
(1) The weekly hours of work of a trade apprentice undergoing practical training
shall be as follows, namely:-
(a) The total number of hours per week shall be 42 to 48
hours (including the time spent on Related Instruction)
(b) Trade apprentices undergoing basic training shall ordinarily work
for 42 hours per week including the time spent on Related Instruction.
(c) Trade apprentices during the second year of apprenticeship shall
work for 42 to 45 hours per week including the time spent on
Related Instruction.
(d) Trade apprentice during the third and subsequent years of
apprenticeship shall work for the same number of hours per week as
the workers in the trade in the establishment in which the trade
apprentice is undergoing apprenticeship training.
(2) No trade apprentice shall be engaged on such training between the hours
of 10.00 p.m. to 6.00 a.m.. except with the prior approval of the
Apprenticeship Adviser who shall give his approval if he is satisfied that it is
in the interest of the training of the trade apprentice or in public interest.
(3) Graduate, Technician and Technician (Vocational ) Apprentices shall work
according to the normal hours of work of the department in the
establishment to which they are attached for training.
13*. Grant of leave to apprentices
14**. Record and returns
(1) A contract of apprenticeship as entered between an apprentice and the
employer as per Format-1 specified in Schedule III shall be forwarded on the
portal-site by the employer for registration.
(2) Work dairy in Format – 2 as specified in Schedule III shall be maintained by
each Trade apprentice and Optional trade apprentice and countersigned by his
supervisor once in a week.
(3) Every employer shall maintain a register of attendance of the
apprentices undergoing apprenticeship training in his establishment and
action taken for irregular and unauthorised absence shall be recorded in
the said register at the end of each month.
(4) Every employer shall maintain a record of the work done and training
undertaken by the graduate, technician and technician (vocational)
apprentices engaged in his establishment, for each quarter and at the end
of each quarter shall send a report in Form Apprenticeship specified in
Schedule-III to the Director, Regional Board of Apprenticeship Training
concerned.”
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* Omitted vide GSR No. 502(E) dated 18th June, 2015
** Substituted vide GSR No. 63(E) dated 20th January, 2017
List of Designated Trades under the Apprentices Act, 1961
SCHEDULE – I
[ See rule 3 (1) and rule 7 (1)]
Sl. No. Designated N.C.O. Code Period of National Council for Rebate allowed Essential/ Desirable
Trades No. Apprenticeship Vocational Training in Educational
Training approved trades or State Apprenticeship Qualifications
Council for Vocational Training
Training approved trades or
Apprenticeship trades
1 2 3 4 5 6 7
Group No.1 – Machine Shop Trades Group:
1. Fitter 7233.10, 7233.20 Two years 1. Fitter One year Passed 10th class
examination with
Science and
Mathematics under
10+2 system of
education or its
equivalent.
2. Turner 8211.15 Two years 1. Turner One year Passed 10th class
examination with
Science and
Mathematics under
10+2 system of
education or its
equivalent.
3. Machinist 8211.10,8211.15 Two years 1. Machinist One year Passed 10th class
8211.22,8211.28 examination with
8211.30,8211.32 Science and
8211.36,8211.38 Mathematics under
10+2 system of
education or its
equivalent.
4. Machinist 7224.10, 7224.30 Two years 1. Machinist (Grinder) One year Passed 10th class
(Grinder) 7224.40, 7224.45 examination with
8211.15 2. Machinist One year Science and
Mathematics under
3. Turner One year 10+2 system of
education or its
equivalent.
Group No.2 – Foundry Trades Group:
1. Pattern Maker 7522.1000 Two years 1. Carpenter Three months Passed 8th class
Examination under
2. Pattern Maker Three months 10+2 system of
education or its
equivalent.
2. Foundryman 7211.50, 8123.10 Two years 1. Foundryman One year Passed 10th class
examination with
Linked Act provisions
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