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Subs. by s. 8, ibid., for sub-sections (7) and (7A) (w.e.f. 22-12-2014). 12 (8)(a) Recurring costs (including the cost of stipends) incurred by an employer in connection with 1[2[basic training] imparted to trade apprentices other than those referred to in clauses (a) and (aa)] of section 6 shall be borne— (i) if such employer employs 3[two hundred and fifty] workers or more, by the employer; (ii) if such employer employs less than 3[two hundred and fifty] workers, by the employer and the Government in equal shares up to such limit as may be laid down by the Central Government and beyond that limit, by the employer alone; and (b) recurring costs (including the cost of stipends), if any, incurred by an employer in connection with 4[practical training including basic training, imparted to trade apprentices referred to in clauses (a) and (aa)] of section 6 shall, in every case, be borne by the employer; 5[(c) recurring costs (excluding the cost of stipends) incurred by an employer in connection with the practical training imparted to graduate or technician apprentices 6[technician (vocational) apprentices] shall be borne by the employer and the cost of stipends shall be borne by the Central Government and the employer in equal shares up to such limit as may be laid down by the Central Government and beyond that limit by the employer alone 7[except apprentices who holds degree or diploma in non-engineering.] STATE AMENDMENT Rajasthan Amendment of section 9, Central Act No. 52 of 1961.— In section 9 of the principal Act,- (i) for the existing sub-section (1), the following shall be substituted, namely:- “(1) Every employer shall, make suitable arrangements in his establishment or, outsource the same to a suitable third party training provider for imparting a course of practical training to every apprentice engaged by it in accordance with the programme approved by the State Apprenticeship Adviser.”; and (ii) for the existing sub-clauses (i) and (ii) of clause (a) of sub-section (8), the following shall be substituted, namely:- “(i) if such employer employs two hundred and fifty workers or more, by the employer and the Government in equal shares up to such a limit as may be laid down by the State Government and such amount shall be reimbursed by the State Government in each case of completion of successful training by the apprentice; (ii) if such employer employs less than two hundred and fifty workers, by the State Government alone and such amount up to such a limit as may be laid down by the State Government shall be reimbursed by the State Government, and beyond that limit by the employer in each case of completion of successful training by the apprentice; and”. [Vide Rajasthan Act 2 of 2015, s. 5]