The Honourable Prime Minister, Shri Narendra Modi, presented a cheque of the highest amount of Rs.1.79 Crore to Shri Atul Sobti, CMD, BHEL, at the Kaushal Mahotsava in Kanpur, as a mark of appreciation for BHEL’s active participation by engaging a large number of apprentices across the country under the National Apprenticeship Promotion Scheme (NAPS), representing the organization’s contribution to the ‘Skill India’ initiative of the Honourable Prime Minister. The Ministry of Skill Development and Entrepreneurship invited the heads of top organisations imparting trade apprenticeship training to receive cheques from the Hon’ble Prime Minister as a partial reimbursement of the stipend paid and as a token of appreciation for their excellent work in this area.