Lok Sabha Question No. 1300 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2019-02-11
Subject: Employment Exchanges Operational in the Country
Ministry: LABOUR AND EMPLOYMENT
Asked by: NIHAL CHAND CHAUHAN

## MINISTRY OF LABOUR AND EMPLOYMENT

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA LOK SABHA

## UNSTARRED QUESTION NO.1300 TO BE ANSWERED ON 11 TH  FEBRUARY, 2019

## EMPLOYMENT EXCHANGES OPERATIONAL IN THE COUNTRY

## 1300.  SHRI NIHAL CHAND:

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

- (a) the  number  of  the  employment  exchanges  functioning/operational  in  the  country  at present, State/UT-wise; (b) the  number  of  unemployed  persons  (men  and  women)  registered  in  the  employment exchanges during the last two years and current year state/UT wise; (c) the  number  of  persons  including  women  who  got  employment  through  the  employment exchanges during the said period, State/UT-wise; (d) whether the registered  companies  including  the  domestic  and  multinational  companies fulfil their manpower requirement through the employment exchanges; and (e) if so, the details thereof?

## ANSWER

## MINISTER OF STATE (IC) FOR LABOUR AND EMPLOYMENT (SHRI SANTOSH KUMAR GANGWAR)

(a  to  c):  As  per  the  information  received  from  the  States/UTs,  the  number  of  employment exchanges functioning in the country are 997 and the number of job seekers, all of whom may not  necessarily  be  unemployed,  registered  in  employment  exchanges  and  placed  through employment exchanges in the country, State/UT-wise is given at Annexure-I and IIrespectively. (d)  &  (e):  The  Ministry  is  implementing  the  National  Career  Service  (NCS)  Project  as  a  plan scheme  for  transformation  of  the  National  Employment  Service  to  provide  a  variety  of employment related  services  such  as  job  matching,  career  counselling,  vocational  guidance and making available information on skill development courses. Employers can access talent most  appropriate  for  their  organizations  by  looking  through  a  countrywide  database  of workforce from blue-collar workers to white-collar staff. The NCS Project envisages setting up of Model Career Centres (MCCs) in collaboration with  States  and  other  institutions  of  repute  to  deliver  employment  services.  In  addition,  the NCS project has a component of interlinking of employment exchanges with NCS and provides part funding to States for upgradation of infrastructure in employment exchanges. The portal also  facilitates  organization  of  job  fairs  where  both  employers  and  job  seekers  can  interact directly.

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Annexure referred to in reply to part (a to c) of the Lok Sabha Unstarred Question No. 1300 due for reply on 11-02-2019

State/UTs-wise detail of No. of employment exchanges and No.job-seekers registered on live register of employment exchanges in the country

(in thousand)

| Sl. No.   | State/UTs         | Number of Employment   | Job-seekers on live register   | Job-seekers on live register   | Job-seekers on live register   | Job-seekers on live register   | Job-seekers on live register   | Job-seekers on live register   |
|-----------|-------------------|------------------------|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
|           |                   |                        | 2014+                          | 2014+                          |                                |                                | 2015#                          |                                |
|           |                   | Exchanges              | Male                           | Female                         | Total                          | Male                           | Female                         | Total                          |
| 1         | Andhra Pradesh    | 17                     | 1348.3                         | 524.2                          | 1872.5                         | 650.0                          | 251.3                          | 901.3                          |
| 2         | Arunachal Pradesh | 12                     | 34.0                           | 23.2                           | 57.2                           | 44.0                           | 31.3                           | 75.3                           |
| 3         | Assam             | 52                     | 1276.1                         | 550.8                          | 1826.9                         | 1279.8                         | 533.2                          | 1813.0                         |
| 4         | Bihar             | 47                     | 722.3                          | 103.3                          | 825.6                          | 586.4                          | 89.2                           | 675.6                          |
| 5         | Chhattisgarh      | 26                     | 1249.5                         | 600.3                          | 1849.8                         | 1197.9                         | 596.6                          | 1794.5                         |
| 6         | Delhi             | 14                     | 847.8                          | 350.4                          | 1198.2                         | 891.3                          | 371.3                          | 1262.6                         |
| 7         | Goa               | 1                      | 86.9                           | 52.5                           | 139.4                          | 80.9                           | 51.9                           | 132.8                          |
| 8         | Gujarat           | 48                     | 524.2                          | 215.4                          | 739.6                          | 485.0                          | 192.4                          | 677.4                          |
| 9         | Haryana           | 59                     | 547.6                          | 232.2                          | 779.8                          | 507.4                          | 230.3                          | 737.7                          |
| 10        | Himachal Pradesh  | 15                     | 597.0                          | 399.4                          | 996.4                          | 479.1                          | 341.0                          | 820.1                          |
| 11        | Jammu & Kashmir   | 17                     | 191.3                          | 92.6                           | 283.9                          | 187.6                          | 91.8                           | 279.4                          |
| 12        | Jharkhand         | 42                     | 423.5                          | 68.4                           | 491.9                          | 477.2                          | 92.6                           | 569.8                          |
| 13        | Karnataka         | 40                     | 266.9                          | 102.9                          | 369.8                          | 255.3                          | 97.4                           | 352.7                          |
| 14        | Kerala            | 89                     | 1465.9                         | 2266.4                         | 3732.3                         | 1392.7                         | 2223.5                         | 3616.2                         |
| 15        | Madhya Pradesh    | 49                     | 1542.0                         | 468.9                          | 2010.9                         | 1300.9                         | 414.4                          | 1715.3                         |
| 16        | Maharashtra       | 47                     | 2888.4                         | 933.0                          | 3821.4                         | 2800.6                         | 885.9                          | 3686.5                         |
| 17        | Manipur           | 11                     | 506.7                          | 205.4                          | 712.1                          | 525.3                          | 215.8                          | 741.1                          |
| 18        | Meghalaya         | 12                     | 18.5                           | 19.1                           | 37.6                           | 20.1                           | 22.4                           | 42.5                           |
| 19        | Mizoram           | 3                      | 15.8                           | 13.8                           | 29.6                           | 18.1                           | 13.6                           | 31.7                           |
| 20        | Nagaland          | 8                      | 41.1                           | 23.0                           | 64.1                           | 49.6                           | 23.0                           | 72.6                           |
| 21        | Odisha            | 40                     | 770.3                          | 312.7                          | 1083.0                         | 739.4                          | 291.6                          | 1031.0                         |
| 22        | Punjab            | 47                     | 249.1                          | 113.2                          | 362.3                          | 245.7                          | 110.3                          | 356.0                          |
| 23        | Rajasthan         | 38                     | 547.3                          | 133.6                          | 680.9                          | 456.3                          | 124.0                          | 580.3                          |
| 24        | Sikkim*           | -                      | -                              | -                              | -                              | -                              | -                              | -                              |
| 25        | Tamil Nadu        | 35                     | 3938.7                         | 4052.3                         | 7991.0                         | 3773.2                         | 3977.4                         | 7750.6                         |
| 26        | Telangana         | 14                     | 0                              |                                |                                | 736.1                          | 272.8                          | 1008.9                         |
| 27        | Tripura           | 5                      | 371.7                          | 223.9                          | 595.6                          | 180.6                          | 95.8                           | 276.4                          |
| 28        | Uttarakhand       | 24                     | 557.4                          | 303.7                          | 861.1                          | 529.9                          | 264.6                          | 794.5                          |
| 29        | Uttar Pradesh     | 99                     | 4701.3                         | 2155.0                         | 6856.3                         | 2506.1                         | 998.6                          | 3504.7                         |
| 30        | West Bengal       | 77                     | 5273.5                         | 2398.2                         | 7671.7                         | 5396.8                         | 2493.8                         | 7890.6                         |
| 31        | A & N Islands     | 1                      | 22.8                           | 18.8                           | 41.6                           | 22.0                           | 18.2                           | 40.2                           |
| 32        | Chandigarh        | 2                      | 26.2                           | 8.1                            | 34.3                           | 16.5                           | 7.1                            | 23.6                           |
| 33        | D & N Haveli      | 1                      | 5.1                            | 3.3                            | 8.4                            | 5.3                            | 3.5                            | 8.8                            |
| 34        | Daman & Diu       | 2                      | 7.3                            | 2.7                            | 10.0                           | 7.8                            | 2.7                            |                                |
| 35        | Lakshadweep       | 1                      | 11.6                           | 7.2                            | 18.8                           | 11.7                           | 7.2                            | 10.5 18.9                      |
| 36        | Puducherry        | 1                      | 106.7                          | 100.5                          | 207.2                          | 106.3                          | 103.1                          | 209.4                          |
|           | Total             | 997                    | 31182.8                        |                                |                                |                                |                                | 43502.7                        |
|           |                   |                        |                                | 17078.3                        | 48261.1                        | 27962.7                        | 15540.0                        |                                |

Note: *No Employment Exchange is functioning in this State;   + Andhra Pradesh includes Telangana; # Provisional;Total may not tally due to rounding off.

Annexure referred to in reply to part (a to c) of the Lok Sabha Unstarred Question No. 1300 due for reply on 11-02-2019

State/UTs-wise detail of job-seekers placed through employment exchanges in the country

(in thousand)

| Sl.   |                   | Placement   | Placement   | Placement   | Placement   | Placement   | Placement   |
|-------|-------------------|-------------|-------------|-------------|-------------|-------------|-------------|
| No.   | State/UTs         | 2014+       | 2014+       | 2014+       | 2015#       | 2015#       | 2015#       |
|       |                   | Male        | Female      | Total       | Male        | Female      | Total       |
| 1     | Andhra Pradesh    | 0.33        | 0.09        | 0.42        | 0.15        | 0.05        | 0.20        |
| 2     | Arunachal Pradesh | 0.00        | 0.00        | 0.00        | 0.00        | 0.00        | 0.00        |
| 3     | Assam             | 0.96        | 0.18        | 1.14        | 0.58        | 0.27        | 0.85        |
| 4     | Bihar             | 0.08        | 0.01        | 0.09        | 1.03        | 0.07        | 1.10        |
| 5     | Chhattisgarh      | 0.86        | 0.08        | 0.94        | 2.04        | 1.14        | 3.18        |
| 6     | Delhi             | 0.24        | 0.00        | 0.24        | 0.19        | 0.00        | 0.19        |
| 7     | Goa               | 1.19        | 0.96        | 2.15        | 2.49        | 0.42        | 2.91        |
| 8     | Gujarat           | 242.07      | 48.77       | 290.84      | 287.27      | 49.4        | 336.67      |
| 9     | Haryana           | 0.24        | 0.01        | 0.25        | 0.27        | 0.01        | 0.28        |
| 10    | Himachal Pradesh  | 1.98        | 0.32        | 2.30        | 0.95        | 0.16        | 1.11        |
| 11    | Jammu & Kashmir   | 0.22        | 0.15        | 0.37        | 0.05        | 0.03        | 0.08        |
| 12    | Jharkhand         | 0.94        | 0.11        | 1.05        | 2.91        | 0.04        | 2.95        |
| 13    | Karnataka         | 1.63        | 0.51        | 2.14        | 0.53        | 0.26        | 0.79        |
| 14    | Kerala            | 4.38        | 3.61        | 7.99        | 4.20        | 4.02        | 8.22        |
| 15    | Madhya Pradesh    | 0.22        | 0.03        | 0.25        | 0.10        | 0.01        | 0.11        |
| 16    | Maharashtra       | 9.13        | 0.42        | 9.55        | 22.27       | 0.61        | 22.88       |
| 17    | Manipur           | 0.00        | 0.00        | 0.00        | 0.00        | 0.00        | 0.00        |
| 18    | Meghalaya         | 0.02        | 0.01        | 0.03        | 0.07        | 0.08        | 0.15        |
| 19    | Mizoram           | 0.05        | 0.02        | 0.07        | 0.00        | 0.01        | 0.01        |
| 20    | Nagaland          | 0.00        | 0.00        | 0.00        | 0.00        | 0.00        | 0.00        |
| 21    | Odisha            | 0.58        | 0.12        | 0.70        | 0.92        | 0.33        | 1.25        |
| 22    | Punjab            | 1.94        | 0.49        | 2.43        | 1.49        | 0.22        | 1.71        |
| 23    | Rajasthan         | 0.43        | 0.01        | 0.44        | 0.34        | 0.05        | 0.39        |
| 24    | Sikkim*           | -           | -           | -           | -           | -           | -           |
| 25    | Tamil Nadu        | 5.74        | 3.06        | 8.80        | 5.54        | 2.19        | 7.73        |
| 26    | Telangana         | -           | -           | -           | 0.46        | 0.04        | 0.50        |
| 27    | Tripura           | 1.58        | 0.85        | 2.43        | 0.23        | 0.15        | 0.38        |
| 28    | Uttarakhand       | 0.51        | 0.07        | 0.58        | 0.18        | 0.04        | 0.22        |
| 29    | Uttar Pradesh     | 1.28        | 0.02        | 1.30        | 0.41        | 0.00        | 0.41        |
| 30    | West Bengal       | 0.79        | 0.69        | 1.48        | 0.25        | 0.22        | 0.47        |
| 31    | A & N Islands     | 0.10        | 0.03        | 0.13        | 0.08        | 0.03        | 0.11        |
| 32    | Chandigarh        | 0.04        | 0.02        | 0.06        | 0.06        | 0.02        | 0.08        |
| 33    | D & N Haveli      | 0.00        | 0.00        | 0.00        | 0.00        | 0.00        | 0.00        |
| 34    | Daman & Diu       | 0.00        | 0.00        | 0.00        | 0.00        | 0.00        | 0.00        |
| 35    | Lakshadweep       | 0.00        | 0.00        | 0.00        | 0.00        | 0.00        | 0.00        |
| 36    | Puducherry        | 0.18        | 0.15 60.80  | 0.33        | 0.06        | 0.03        | 0.09        |
|       | Total             | 277.70      |             | 338.50      | 335.09      | 59.9        | 394.99      |

Note: *No Employment Exchange is functioning in this State;   + Andhra Pradesh includes Telangana;  #

Provisional;

Total may not tally due to rounding off.