Lok Sabha Question No. 1916 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2016-11-28
Subject: Portal for Employment Information
Ministry: LABOUR AND EMPLOYMENT
Asked by: RODMAL NAGAR

## MINISTRY OF LABOUR AND EMPLOYMENT

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA LOK SABHA

## UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 1916 TO BE ANSWERED ON 28 TH  NOVEMBER, 2016

## PORTAL FOR EMPLOYMENT INFORMATION

## 1916.   SHRI NAGAR RODMAL:

Will the Minister of LABOUR AND EMPLOYMENT be pleased to state :

- (a) whether  the  Government  has  created  any  portal  or  website  to  provide online  information  regarding  employment  opportunities  to  the  educated youth;
- (b) if so, the details thereof;
- (c)   whether the portal has been linked to all the district  employment exchanges across the country; and
- (d)    if so, the details thereof, State/UT-wise?

## ANSWER

## MINISTER OF STATE(IC) FOR LABOUR AND EMPLOYMENT( (SHRI BANDARU DATTATREYA)

- (a) to  (b):    The  Government  has  developed  the  National  Carer  Service  (NCS) Portal  hosted  at  URL  www.ncs.gov.in  and  accessible  to  all  for  availing employment related services. The NCS Portal is supported by Call Centre/Helpdesk  (helpline-1800-425-1514)  to  assist  and  guide  jobseekers  in accessing  these  services.  The  NCS  Portal  provides  for  registration  of  job seekers, employers etc. and facilitates job matching and counselling.
- (c)  to  (d):    The  NCS  portal  is  accessible  by  all  the  career  centre  (employment exchanges)  and  they  have  been  provided  login  credentials.  The  state  wise distribution of employment exchanges is at annex.

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Annexure referred to in reply to part (c) & (d) of the Lok Sabha Unstarred Question No. 1916 due for reply on 28.11.2016

## State-wise total Number of employment exchanges in the country as on 31 st  December, 2014

| Sl. No.      | States/UTs           | Number of Employment Exchanges   |
|--------------|----------------------|----------------------------------|
| 1            | Andhra Pradesh       | 31                               |
| 2            | Arunachal Pradesh    | 11                               |
| 3            | Assam                | 52                               |
| 4            | Bihar                | 46                               |
| 5            | Chhattisgarh         | 22                               |
| 6            | Delhi                | 14                               |
| 7            | Goa                  | 1                                |
| 8            | Gujarat              | 41                               |
| 9            | Haryana              | 56                               |
| 10           | Himachal Pradesh     | 15                               |
| 11           | Jammu & Kashmir      | 17                               |
| 12           | Jharkhand            | 42                               |
| 13           | Karnataka            | 40                               |
| 14           | Kerala               | 89                               |
| 15           | Madhya Pradesh       | 48                               |
| 16           | Maharashtra          | 47                               |
| 17           | Manipur              | 11                               |
| 18           | Meghalaya            | 12                               |
| 19           | Mizoram              | 3                                |
| 20           | Nagaland             | 8                                |
| 21           | Odisha               | 40                               |
| 22           | Punjab               | 46                               |
| 23           | Rajasthan            | 38                               |
| 24           | Sikkim*              | -                                |
| 25           | Tamil Nadu           | 35                               |
| 26           | Tripura              | 5                                |
| 27           | Uttarakhand          | 24                               |
| 28           | Uttar Pradesh        | 99                               |
| 29           | West Bengal          | 77                               |
| 30 Andaman & | Nicobar              | 1                                |
| 31           | Chandigarh           | 2                                |
| 32           | Dadra & Nagar Haveli | 1                                |
| 33           | Daman & Diu          | 2                                |
| 34           | Lakshadweep          | 1                                |
| 35           | Puducherry           | 1                                |
|              | Grand Total          | 978                              |

Note: *No Employment Exchange is functioning in the state.