<span style="color: #222222;">The Government has issued a notification regarding minimum stipend payable to trade apprentices.<br />'' <br />'' This was stated by Minister of Skill Development and Entrepreneurship, Dr. Mahendra Nath Pandey at State Ministers' Conference on Skill Development in New Delhi today.<br />'' <br />'' He said a minimum stipend will be given based on one's qualification and it will be in the range of five thousand to nine thousand rupees per month from now onwards.<br />'' <br />'' He further said that employers having four or more workers are eligible to engage apprentices.<br />'' <br />'' The minister stressed the need to create a new structure of Kaushal Vikas Mitra from State to village level.<br />'' <br />''<br />''Dr. Pandey said the government has accorded priority to skill development, and appealed to States to take all possible steps to implement the law related to apprenticeship in companies.</span>