Lok Sabha Question No. 1327 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2019-02-11
Subject: Employment Exchanges
Ministry: LABOUR AND EMPLOYMENT
Asked by: NARANBHAI KACHHADIA, RAMCHARAN BOHARA, BIDYUT BARAN MAHATO

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA

## MINISTRY OF LABOUR AND EMPLOYMENT

## LOK SABHA

## UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 1327

TO BE ANSWERED ON 11 TH  FEBRUARY, 2019

## EMPLOYMENT EXCHANGES

1327.   SHRI NARANBHAI KACHHADIYA:

SHRI RAM CHARAN BOHRA: SHRI BIDYUT BARAN MAHATO:

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

- (a) whether the Government proposes to upgrade employment exchanges as Vocational/Career Development Centres;
- (b) if so, the details thereof;
- (c) whether the Government proposes to consider the requests made by various States/UTs  including  Rajasthan  and  Jharkhand  for  financial  assistance  in this regard; and
- (d) if so, the details thereof along with the action taken in this regard, State/UTwise?

## ANSWER

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

- (a) to  (d):  Government  is    implementing  the  National  Career  Service  (NCS) Project to provide a variety of employment related services like job matching, career  counselling,  vocational  guidance,  information  on  skill  development courses, etc. The NCS Project comprises:-
1. National Career Service (NCS) Portal (www.ncs.gov.in)
2. Setting up of Model Career Centres (MCCs) in collaboration with States/Institutions  to  deliver  employment  services.  The  Central  Government provides  financial  assistance  to  these  centres  up  to  Rs.  50  Lakh  per  centre based on the proposals and scheme guidelines.
3. The NCS project also envisages to interlink the Employment Exchanges through the respective State portal with the NCS Portal. Financial Assistance is provided to the States/UTs based on the proposals and scheme guidelines. The details of the financial assistance provided to States/UTs including Rajasthan and Jharkhand is at Annexure.

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## ANNEXURE

STATEMENT  REFERRED  TO  IN  REPLY  TO  OF  LOK  SABHA  UNSTARRED QUESTION  NO.  1327  DUE  FOR  REPLY  ON  11.02.2019  BY  SHRI  NARANBHAI KACHHADIYA,  SHRI  RAM  CHARAN  BOHRA,  SHRI  BIDYUT  BARAN  MAHATO REGARDING "EMPLOYMENT EXCHANGES"

|                     | Amount            | Released (in Lakh)   | Released (in Lakh)   |
|---------------------|-------------------|----------------------|----------------------|
| S. No.              | Amount            | MCC Scheme           | Interlinking Scheme  |
| 1                   | Arunachal Pradesh | 21.18                | -                    |
| 2                   | Assam             | 131.31               | 464.00               |
| 3 Andaman & Nicobar | Islands 26.92     |                      | -                    |
| 4 Andhra            | Pradesh           | 120.15               | 152.00               |
| 5 Bihar             |                   | 76.79                | 645.00               |
| 6 Chhattisgarh      |                   | 96.59                | 416.00               |
| 7 Daman & Diu       |                   | -                    | 7.04                 |
| 8 Delhi             | 24.47             |                      | -                    |
| 9 Goa               |                   | 8.25                 | -                    |
| 10 Gujarat          | 114.19            |                      | 406.00               |
| 11 Haryana          |                   | 25.11                | 267.87               |
| 12 Himachal Pradesh | 35.06             |                      | 80.87                |
| 13 Jammu & Kashmir  | 21.07             |                      | 200.00               |
| 14 Jharkhand        | 37.48             |                      | 274.00               |
| 15 Karnataka        | 98.02             |                      | 336.00               |
| 16 Kerala           |                   | 22.97                | -                    |
| 17 Lakshadweep      | 10.65             |                      | -                    |
| 18 Maharashtra      | 56.77             |                      | -                    |
| 19 Meghalaya        | 56.09             |                      | -                    |
| 20 Madhya Pradesh   | 285.06            |                      | 602.00               |
| 21 Mizoram          |                   | -                    | 29.92                |
| 22 Nagaland         | 22.42             |                      | 95.00                |
| 23 Odisha           |                   | 103.67               | 291.00               |
| 24 Puducherry       |                   | 31.36                | 16.21                |
| 25 Punjab           |                   | 29.67                | 84.00                |
| 26 Rajasthan        |                   | 26.79                | 272.00               |
| 27 Telangana        |                   | 41.91                | 222.00               |
| 28 Tripura          |                   | 35.82                | 39.00                |
| 29                  | Tamil Nadu        | 53.6                 | 560.00               |
| 30 Uttar            | Pradesh           | 114.3                | 629.37               |
| 31                  | Uttarakhand       | 75.8                 | 112.00               |
| 32                  | West Bengal       | 179.73               | 140.00               |