¹[3B. Reservation of training places for Other Backward Classes in designated trades.—(1) In every designated trade, training places shall be reserved by the employer for the Other Backward Classes and where there is more than one designated trade in an establishment, such training places shall be reserved also on the basis of the total number of apprentices in all the designated trades in such establishment.

(2) The number of training places to be reserved for the Other Backward Classes under sub-section (1) shall be such as may be prescribed, having regard to the population of the Other Backward Classes in the State concerned.]

1. Ins. by Act 36 of 2007, s. 2 (w.e.f. 1-2-2008).