Amendment status not verified — confirm the current text below against the official source.
Added by Act 4 of 1997, s. 2 (w.e.f. 8-1-1997). 5 (3) a corporation (including a co-operative society) established by or under a Central, Provincial or State Act, which is owned, controlled or managed by the Government; (4) a local authority; 1[(j) “graduate or technician apprentice” means an apprentice who holds, or is undergoing training in order that he may hold a degree or diploma in engineering or non-engineering or technology or equivalent qualification granted by any institution recognised by the Government and undergoes apprenticeship training in any designated trade; (k) “industry” means any industry or business in which any trade, occupation or subject field in engineering or non-engineering or technology or any vocational course may be specified as a designated trade or optional trade or both;] (l) “National Council” means the National Council for Training in Vocational Trades established by the resolution of the Government of India in the Ministry of Labour (Directorate General of Resettlement and Employment) No. TR/E.P.24/56, dated the 21st August, 1956;2[and re-named as the National Council for Vocational Training by the resolution of the Government of India in the Ministry of Labour (Directorate-General of Employment and Training) No. DGET/12/21/80-TC, dated the 30th September, 1981]; 3[(ll) “optional trade” means any trade or occupation or any subject field in engineering or non- engineering or technology or any vocational course as may be determined by the employer for the purposes of this Act; (lll) “portal-site” means a website of the Central Government for exchange of information under this Act;] (m) “prescribed” means prescribed by rules made under this Act; 4[(mm) “Regional Board” means any Board of Apprenticeship Training registered under the Societies Registration Act, 1860 (21 of 1860) at Bombay, Calcutta, Madras or Kanpur;] (n) “State” includes a Union territory; (o) “State Council” means a State Council for Training in Vocational Trades established by the State Government; (p) “State Government” in relation to a Union territory means the Administrator thereof; 2[(pp) “technician (vocational) apprentice” means an apprentice who holds or is undergoing training in order that he may hold a certificate in vocational course involving two years of study after the completion of the secondary stage of school education recognised by the All-India Council and undergoes apprenticeship training in any 5[designated trade];] 6[(q) “trade apprentice” means an apprentice who undergoes apprenticeship training in any designated trade; (r) “worker” means any person working in the premises of the employer, who is employed for wages in any kind of work either directly or through any agency including a contractor and who gets his wages directly or indirectly from the employer but shall not include an apprentice referred to in clause (aa).]