Thank you,
Dr. Mahendra Nath Pandeyji ( Hon’ble Minister of SDE
/ min.sde@nic.in )
Context :
Govt
to make Apprenticeship Act Employer Friendly / ET
Magazine – 07 Feb 2021
Extract :
Ø According
to a note prepared by the ministry ( Ministry
of Skill Development and Entrepreneurship ) and shared with
the Prime Minister’s office, the new definition of establishment under the amended act would include,
# any place where any trade, commerce or industrial activity is taking
place, including Educational and
This will further expand the institutions available for apprenticeship
Ø Further,
the ministry has proposed to relieve industry from the burden
of paperwork for apprenticeship by enabling empaneled third party aggregators ( TPAs ) to support employers
in all functionalities of apprentice engagement,
stipend payment and other paperwork
Ø Even
mandatory provisions of signing of apprenticeship
contracts by employers may be replaced
Ø Proposals
are being firmed up to allow part-time apprenticeship to even students under the formal
education system, while replacing the provision of
contract approval by authorities
Ø It
will also permit VIRTUAL
TRAINING, instead of the physical mode prescribed in the
present act, in select sectors such as IT
Ø Further,
there will be no monetary penalty on employers while
allowing industries registered in India
to send apprentices abroad as far as health,
safety and welfare measures for apprentices are maintained under the relevant
labour codes
Context :
India set
to send skilled staff to work in Japan / MINT
– 06 Jan 2021
Extract
:
Ø Indian workers would be granted a new status of residence—‘Specified Skilled
Worker’—by Japan
Ø India has been talking about supplying skilled workers to the
global market by mapping domestic
skill training programmes with the requirements of different countries
Ø It ( WEF ) said the country ( Japan ) will face a shortage of
6.44 million people in the labour force by 2030. Tokyo alone will be short 1.33
million workers.
Ø The government listed the 14 sectors as: nursing care;
building cleaning; material processing; industrial machinery manufacturing;
electric and electronic information related industry; construction;
shipbuilding and ship-related industry; automobile maintenance; aviation;
lodging; agriculture; fisheries; food and beverages manufacturing; and food
service industry.
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Over the years, I have made a number of suggestions re Human Resource Development – Skilling - Revamping of
the Apprenticeship Scheme etc., ( - all sent as e mails to our Policy
Makers ). Some of these are listed below :
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2020
Human
Resource Capital of the World ? …………………….....[ 23 Nov 2020 ]
Congratulations,
Shri Ajit Pawar / Shri Nawab Malik ….[ 06 Mar 2020 ]
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2019
Thank
You, Prakashbhai ( Javadekarji ) ……………………..[ 03 Apr 2019 ]
Congratulations
, Anilbhai Naik
……………………………………..[ 08 Feb 2019 ]
Organizing
the Unorganized
…………………………………………...[ 04 Feb 2019 ]
Extract :
Role of Ministry of Skills Development
# There are around 15,000 skill training centres in the country
right now, which are inadequate for India’s size
# We need to train at least 2 crore people every year, but right now we’re
training only 1.05
crore. We need
# At Rs 3 cr / centre, we need Rs 45,000 cr to construct additional 15,000 centres, to be
able to train 2 cr youth / year. It will take years to construct these centres, even if
the required funds were available ( - which is not ! )
To bypass both of these limitations, I suggest :
# Transform millions of MSME into “ Skill Training Centres “
# Deliver online Training Courses for development of various skills through
the Computer
provided by the
MaanDhan Scheme
# Some of these may be VR based training, requiring VR headsets ( to
be provided
These can be used not only by the apprentices but also by the MSME’s
own workers
# As an incentive / motivation for the MSME to undertake to train at least
2
be considered :
+ Government subsidizing
the stipend payable to the trainees by 50 %
+ No obligation to absorb the trainees after completion of training
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2018
Starting
a Virtuous Circle …………………………………[
17 Dec 2018 ]
Of
Interns and Apprentices ………………………………[
07 Jan 2018 ]
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2017
Discovering
the Obvious ?......................................[
30 Nov 2017 ]
Universal Basic Income …………………………………………….[ 20 Jan 2017 ]
Extract :
WHAT WOULD BE THE RIGHT APPROACH ?
Right approach would be :
" Do not give fish to a hungry man / teach him how to fish "
In short, empower them to earn their own living by teaching them " Skills " and
by
Entire cost of this " Skilling " and " Experiencing " to be borne by the
Government, till
employed or becomes self-employed
HOW TO TRANSLATE THIS " SELF HELP "
CONCEPT INTO PRACTICE ?
Divide the implementation in following 3 phases
* Empowering - 3 years ( Imparting Skills in Industrial Training Institutes )
* Experiencing - 3 years ( Providing experience in Ind / Commercial
Establishments )
* Self-dependence Phase ( Working in a
gainful job or as Self Employed )
WHAT SKILLS WILL GET PROVIDED IN ITI ?
Entire range of Manufacturing Industry related skills being currently imparted
plus a
Agriculture Processing / Payment Banks / Service Sector / BPO / Telecom and
other emerging sectors
HOW SHALL WE MOTIVATE UNEMPLOYED YOUTH TO JOIN ITIs ?
* Each trainee will receive Rs 1000 pm ( for course duration of
3 years )
This amount will get deposited in Jan Dhan bank
account of trainee ( DBT )
HOW CAN WE GET PRIVATE SECTOR PARTICIPATION IN
THIS PHASE ?
If a Private firm or individual comes forward to set up such a Training
Institute ,
# Treat
it as an Infrastructure SPV
# No
questions asked as to the source of funds for setting up such ITI
{a kind of Amnesty Scheme to
convert Black Money into White Money }
# A government grant of Rs 1,000 pm per trainee to such SPV ( DBT in Bank
A/C )
If this is done, expect 10,000 SPVs to come up within one year and 10
million youth to
HOW CAN WE GET INDUSTRIAL AND COMMERCIAL ESTABLISHMENTS TO
PROVIDE
* AMEND APPRENTICESHIP ACT
* Allow all Industrial and Commercial Establishments to engage ANY NUMBER
of
* Starting stipend = Min of Semi-Skilled wages ( currently, approx Rs 6,000
pm )
* Annual Increment
= 5 %
* Establishment to
pay 75 % of stipend
* Government to pay 25 % of stipend ( DBT into Jan Dhan account of the
Apprentice )
Discovering the Obvious ? ………………………………….[ 30 Nov 2017 ]
Extract :
I urge the Policy Makers to consider the following ‘
triggers ‘ :
Revise Apprenticeship Act,
to enable employers to engage ANY NUMBER of ( eligible ) youth as apprentices
and allow employers to devise “ Training
Structure “ as per their needs
Any Employer wanting to engage apprentices under this revised APPRENTICESHIP
ACT , would need to be registered online on the web site of Labour Ministry
and must have installed a Biometric Attendance system , as
described in :
An
eligible youth can serve his apprenticeship period with only one employer
A person who has successfully completed his apprenticeship cannot be accepted
as apprentice
, a second time , in same or any other company
Remove
:
# concept of 5
different “ categories “ of
apprentices
# concept of
“ Shop-floor Trades “ for
engaging Apprentices
# concept of
“ Trade-wise Ratios “ of
apprentices
# distinction
between “ Shop floor “ and
“ Office “ , and just say
“ WORK
PLACE “
# the stipulation concerning “ different years of training for different trades “
[Just
make all training for 4 years ]
# THE CONCEPT
OF “ CONTRACT APPROVAL “ BY APPRENTICE ADVISOR
# Fix stipends payable to
apprentices as follows :
Ø Starting Stipend…………….. Minimum wage as per Min Wage Act
Ø Annual Increase……………… Linked to rise in CPI
Reimbursement of Training Cost
incurred by the Employers
Ø 25 % of the Stipend cost to be borne by the Central Government and this amount
to be transferred to the Jan
Dhan Account of the concerned apprentice ( as DBT )
Ø This provision will reduce our “ Cost of Manufacture “ and help to make India a
“ Low Cost Economy “ , without calling this
a “ Subsidy “ and violating WTO rules
This would be far better than
controversial Universal Basic Income (
UBI )
Ø It shall not be obligatory on the part of the employer to offer any employment to
any apprentice who has completed the period of his apprenticeship training in his
establishment, nor shall it be obligatory on the part of the apprentice to accept an
employment under the employer.
Ø To encourage PRIVATE SECTOR to come forward in a BIG WAY , to set up
Industrial Training Institutions ( ITI ) , implement my earlier suggestion , as
follows :
SkillCapital of the World ? ……………..[ 06 June
2016 ]
No mere Relief : A Game Changer …………………[ 20 Dec 2017 ]
Extract :
I urge the Union Government to take following steps simultaneously , in order to
generate , not just 5 million but 50 MILLION new jobs in the MSME sector ( and
without additional funds ! ) :
# Abolish all visits by Inspectors (Labour + Shop & Establishment Departments )
# Allow MSMEs to engage Apprentices under the recently revised Skills
Development Regulations
/ Apprentice Act
# For them , remove the upper limit ( of Apprentices ) which is maximum of
10 % of
employee strength
# Let them engage Apprentices up
to 100 % of their existing employees
# Let them keep these trainees for 3 years under " Retail Establishment
Trainee Scheme "
# Let the stipend be 100 % ( instead of currently prescribed 60-70-80 % ) of
semi- Skilled Minimum wages
( Minimum Semi Skilled Wages are approx Rs 6,000 per month so Shopkeeper
need to pay Rs 6000 pm )
# Concerned State Governments to subsidize 50 % of this stipend (so,
Shopkeeper's burden to
be Rs 3,000 pm )
[ Stipend Subsidy
does not violate WTO ! ]
# To ensure fool-proof compliance with the number of Trainees engaged and
Stipends paid , following Scheme , viz:
( 24 hr open + 100 % trainees + 100 % Stipend + 50 % Subsidy + 3 year
training program + No inspectors) ,
will apply ONLY to those Shops which implement , mobile app MAD outlined in
my following
blog :
From BAD to MAD [ 01 June 2016 ]
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2016
Skill
Capital of the World ? ……………………………[
06 June 2016 ]
Harness
" Greed " to " Skill India "……………….[ 19 June 2016 ]
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2015
Make
in India is Skilling India…………………………..[
17 July 2015 ]
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2013
Rejoice
You Jobless ! …………………………………………[
03 Sept 2013 ]
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With regards,
Hemen Parekh / hcp@RecruitGuru.com / 09
Feb 2021
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Copy To :
Shri Ajit Pawar, Finance Minister , Maharashtra , [ officialfbpageajitdada@gmail.com
]
Shri Nawab Malik, Skill Development Minister, Maharashtra , [ contact@nawabmalik.com ]
Shri Santosh Kumar
Gangwarji, Minister for Labour ,
Central Government
[ molegangwar@yahoo.com / Santosh.gangwar.bareilly@gmail.com ]