RBE No. 67/2008: Stipend – Apprentices

No.E(MPP)2006/6/3, dated 30.05.2008

(SC No.16 to MC No.8)  

Sub: Apprentices Act, 1961 – Payment of stipend to the Engineering Graduates/ Diploma Holders – Increase in the rate of. 

Ref:  Board’s letter No.E(MPP)/2000/6/5, dated 12.07.2001 (RBE No. 134/2001).

1.     Please find enclosed a copy of letter No.DGET-23(1) 2003-AP, dated 22.01.2008 received from Directorate General of Employment & Training, Ministry of Labour & Employment forwarding notification regarding revision of rates of Stipend for Graduate, Technician and Technician (Vocational) Apprentices under Apprenticeship Training Scheme.

2.     It has accordingly been decided by the Board that the Apprentices under the category Engineering Graduates/ Diploma Holders should be paid stipend with effect from 7^th January, 2008 at the revised rates as notified in the Ministry of Labour’s notification referred to above. The expenditure should be met from within the existing allotment.

3.     Board’s instructions relating to raising debits to Ministry of Human Resources Development as issued vide letter No.E(MPP)93/6/2 dated 26.07.1995 (RBE No. 36/1995) will hold good in the instant case.

4.         This issues with the concurrence of Finance Directorate of the Ministry of Railways.

Ministry of Labour & Employment

Directorate General of Employment & Training

No.DGET-23(1)/2003-AP, dated 7^th January, 2008

NOTIFICATION

GSR 17(E): In exercise of the powers conferred by sub-section (1) of Section 37 of the Apprentices Act, 1961 (52 of 1961) and after consulting the Central Apprenticeship Council, the Central Government hereby makes the following rules further to amend the Apprenticeship Rules, 1992, namely:-

1.     (1)  These rules may be called the Apprenticeship (Amendment) Rules, 2008.                   

(2)   They shall come into force on the date of their publication in the Official Gazette.

2.     In the Apprenticeship Rules, 1992, in rule 11, sub-rule(2) for clauses (a), (b), (c), (d) and (e) and entries relating thereto, the following shall be substituted, namely:-

(a)	Graduate Apprentices	Rs.2600 per month
(b)	Sandwich Course (Students from Degree Institutions)	Rs.1850 per month
(c)	Technician Apprentices	Rs.1850 per month
(d)	Sandwich Course (Students from Diploma Institutions)	Rs.1510 per month
(e)	Technician (Vocational) Apprentices	Rs.1440 per month

Download Railway Board Circular RBE No. 67/2008

Forward reference ⇒ RBE No.