Lok Sabha Question No. 3606 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2019-07-15
Subject: National Career Service Project
Ministry: LABOUR AND EMPLOYMENT
Asked by: Devji Mansingram Patel, Sunil Kumar Singh, Sudhakar Tukaram Shrangre

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA

## MINISTRY OF LABOUR AND EMPLOYMENT

## LOK SABHA

UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 3606

TO BE ANSWERED ON 15TH JULY, 2019

NATIONAL CAREER SERVICE PROJECT

3606.  SHRI DEVJI M. PATEL:

SHRI SUNIL KUMAR SINGH:

SHRI SUDHAKAR TUKARAM SHRANGARE:

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

- (a) whether  the  Government  has  signed  certain  MoUs  with  private  partners  for maximizing reach of  National Career Service (NCS) project;
- (b) if  so,  the  details  thereof  along  with  number  of  active  beneficiaries  under  NCS, State-wise; and;
- (c) the  fresh  steps  taken  by  the  Government  to  provide  increased    access    to  the youth for vast variety  of employment opportunities across the country particularly for youth belonging to Jharkhand, Maharashtra and Rajasthan?

## ANSWER

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

- (a) & (b): The Ministry has signed strategic Memorandum of Understanding (MoUs) with the private partners like job portals, placement organizations and reputed institutions for  maximizing  the  reach  of  the  National  Career  Service  (NCS)  project.  These  MoUs have been instrumental in providing increased access to the youth for a vast variety of employment opportunities across the country. Detailed list of MoU partners and active beneficiaries (jobseekers) are annexed at Annexure-I and Annexure-II respectively.
- (c):  The  Ministry  is  implementing  National  Career  Service  (NCS)  Project  to  provide increased access to the youth for vast variety of employment opportunities across the country  including  the  states  of  Jharkhand,  Maharashtra  and  Rajasthan.  The  project aims  to  provide  a  variety  of  employment  related  services  viz.  job  matching,  career counseling,  vocational  guidance,  information  on  skill  development  courses  etc.  The project has three components - NCS Portal, Interlinking of Employment Exchanges and Model Career Centers. The services of the project are available online on the National Career  Service  Portal  (www.ncs.gov.in)  and  are  supported  by  Call  Centre/  Helpdesk. The portal envisages as a one stop solution for providing the user friendly services in a transparent manner through Employment Exchanges, Model Career Centres, Common Service Centres, Post Offices etc.

Annexure-I referred to in reply to parts (a) and (b) of the Lok Sabha Unstarred Question no. 3606 by Shri Devji M. Patel, Shri Sunil Kumar Singh and Shri Sudhakar Tukaram Shrangare regarding 'National Career Service Project' due for reply on 15.07.2019.

List of MoU partners under National Career Service Project.

|   Sl No. | Agency Name                                                                     |
|----------|---------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|        1 | Mera Job India Private Limited                                                  |
|        2 | Monster.com                                                                     |
|        3 | HT Shine                                                                        |
|        4 | Quickr India Private Limited                                                    |
|        5 | Saral Rozgar                                                                    |
|        6 | VSS Tech Solution Private Limited                                               |
|        7 | Freshers World                                                                  |
|        8 | FirstJob.com                                                                    |
|        9 | Department of Posts, M/o Communications                                         |
|       10 | Common Service Centre (CSC), M/o Electronics and Information Technology         |
|       11 | Rashtriya Sanskrit Vidyapeeth, Tirupati                                         |
|       12 | Confederation of Indian Industry (CII), Gurgaon                                 |
|       13 | National Institute of Electronics & Information Technology (NIELIT), Leh        |
|       14 | National Institute of Electronics & Information Technology (NIELIT), Sri Nagar  |
|       15 | Don Bosco Society, Bangalore                                                    |
|       16 | National Institute of Electronics & Information Technology (NIELIT), Calicut    |
|       17 | National Institute of Electronics & Information Technology (NIELIT), Aurangabad |
|       18 | Confederation of Indian Industry (CII), Mumbai                                  |
|       19 | Yashshwee, Pune                                                                 |
|       20 | CLR Facility, Pune                                                              |
|       21 | Devi Ahilya University, Indore                                                  |
|       22 | All India Society for Electronics and Computer Technology (AISECT), Indore      |
|       23 | National Institute of Electronics & Information Technology (NIELIT), Imphal     |
|       24 | Career Clinique, Kohima                                                         |
|       25 | Centurion University of Technology and Management, Bhubneshwar                  |
|       26 | Confederation of Indian Industry (CII), Chennai                                 |
|       27 | Federation of Indian Chambers of Commerce & Industry (FICCI), Greater Noida     |
|       28 | National Institute of Electronics & Information Technology (NIELIT), Gorakhpur  |
|       29 | Amity Business School, Noida                                                    |
|       30 | National Institute of Electronics & Information Technology (NIELIT), Kolkata    |
|       31 | Swastik Computer Education, Kolkata                                             |

Annexure-II referred to in reply to parts  (a) and (b)  of the Lok  Sabha Unstarred Question no. 3606  by  Shri  Devji  M.  Patel,  Shri  Sunil  Kumar  Singh  and  Shri  Sudhakar  Tukaram  Shrangare regarding 'National Career Service Project' due for reply on 15.07.2019.

State-wise  statement  of  active  beneficiaries  (job-seekers)  under  National  Career  Service Project as on 08 th  July, 2019.

| S No.   | State/ UT                   | Active Jobseekers   |
|---------|-----------------------------|---------------------|
| 1       | Andaman and Nicobar Islands | 3,129               |
| 2       | Andhra Pradesh              | 1,01,287            |
| 3       | Arunachal Pradesh           | 1,003               |
| 4       | Assam                       | 14,353              |
| 5       | Bihar                       | 9,77,780            |
| 6       | Chandigarh                  | 14,664              |
| 7       | Chhattisgarh                | 1,09,583            |
| 8       | Dadra and Nagar Haveli      | 1,317               |
| 9       | Daman and Diu               | 82                  |
| 10      | Delhi                       | 46,844              |
| 11      | Goa                         | 49,101              |
| 12      | Gujarat                     | 1,02,418            |
| 13      | Haryana                     | 32,146              |
| 14      | Himachal Pradesh            | 14,800              |
| 15      | Jammu and Kashmir           | 28,316              |
| 16      | Jharkhand                   | 26,090              |
| 17      | Karnataka                   | 74,346              |
| 18      | Kerala                      | 54,860              |
| 19      | Lakshadweep                 | 2,453               |
| 20      | Madhya Pradesh              | 93,340              |
| 21      | Maharashtra                 | 40,18,931           |
| 22      | Manipur                     | 4,021               |
| 23      | Meghalaya                   | 796                 |
| 24      | Mizoram                     | 2,123               |
| 25      | Nagaland                    | 266                 |
| 26      | Odisha                      | 40,659              |
| 27      | Puducherry                  | 79,265              |
| 28      | Punjab                      | 70,282              |
| 29      | Rajasthan                   | 5,78,736            |
| 30      | Sikkim                      | 1,053               |
| 31      | Tamil Nadu                  | 77,934              |
| 32      | Telangana                   | 1,12,732            |
| 33      | Tripura                     | 1,53,562            |
| 34      | Uttar Pradesh               | 3,89,274            |
| 35      | Uttarakhand                 | 26,154              |
| 36      | West Bengal                 | 22,00,417           |
| Total   |                             | 95,04,117           |