On 2lst April 2022, Govt. of India announced the introduction of Direct Benefit Transfer (DBT) under National Apprenticeship Promotion Scheme Q.{APS). As per this directive, the establishments have to transfer the stipend share directly to the bank account of apprentices. Government of India will then directly transfer its contribution of 25o/o of stipend up to Rs 1,500 per apprentice per month under NAPS in the bank account of apprentices.
In this context, a pilot was rolled out in July 2022 with selected establishments to test the efficacy of the implementation model and Government of India has successfully released NAPS share directly to the bank accounts of apprentices.
NAPS DBT will be scaled up in each month in pilot form for establishments and apprentices to be made aware of DBT.
Further, a pan India roll-out of DBT will be implemented for NAPS after CCEA approval. All new contracts signed under NAPS will strictly adhere to DBT. After the approval of NAPS 2.0, all existing contracts under NAPS will mandatorily move to DBT.
Here is the guideline on DBT transition.