Lok Sabha Question No. 3318 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2021-08-09
Subject: Upgradation of Employment Exchanges
Ministry: LABOUR AND EMPLOYMENT
Asked by: Ashok Mahadeorao Nete

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA

## MINISTRY OF LABOUR AND EMPLOYMENT

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 3318 TO BE ANSWERED ON 09 th AUGUST, 2021

## UPGRADATION OF EMPLOYMENT EXCHANGES

3318. SHRI ASHOK MAHADEORAO NETE:

Will the Minister of LABOUR AND EMPLOYMENTbe pleased to state:

- (a) the details of existing Employment Exchanges in the country;
- (b) whether all Employment Exchanges have been upgraded as envisaged in the 12th Plan;
- (c) if so, the State-wise details thereof;
- (d) the manner in which Model Career Centre is different from Employment Exchange; and
- (e) the year-wise and State-wise details of persons obtaining employment through  Exchanges  in  the  country  during  the  last  five  years  and  the current year?

## ANSWER

## MINISTER OF STATE FOR LABOUR AND EMPLOYMENT (SHRI RAMESHVAR TELI)

- (a) to (e): As per the information received from the State/UT Governments, there  are  997  Employment  Exchanges  functioning  including  76  University Employment Information and Guidance Bureau (UEI&GB).

The  Ministry  is  implementing  National  Career  Service  (NCS)  Project  since 2015  to  provide  a  variety  of  employment  related  services.  Under  the  NCS project,  Government  is  providing  grant-in-aid  for  establishment  of  Model Career Centres (MCCs) including through upgradation of existing employment exchanges. Model Career Centres have state-of-the-art infrastructure and are envisaged to act as a hub to provide all career related services like career counselling, vocational guidance, organising job fairs/job drives, conducting outreach activities in this regard etc. These Centres can be replicated by the States  from  their  own  resources.  As  of  now,  Government  has  approved financial  assistance  for  200  Model  Career  Centres,  which  include  175 Employment Exchanges. The State/UT-wise details are at Annexure-I.

Beside above, Government  is  also providing grant-in-aid to the State Governments under the Interlinking component of NCS project for organizing job  fairs,  up-gradation  of  Information  Technology  and  refurbishment  of  the existing employment exchanges.

The State/UT-wise detail of number of placements made through employment exchanges is placed at Annexure-II.

STATEMENT REFERRED TO IN REPLY TO OF LOK SABHA  UN-STARRED QUESTION NO.  3318  DUE  FOR  REPLY  ON  09.08.2021  BY  SHRI  ASHOK  MAHADEORAO NETEREGARDING "UPGRADATION OF EMPLOYMENT EXCHANGES"

## State/UTs-wise details of employment exchanges upgraded to MCCs

| Sl. No   | State/UT          |   Employment Exchanges upgraded to MCCs |
|----------|-------------------|-----------------------------------------|
| 1        | Arunachal Pradesh |                                       1 |
| 2        | Assam             |                                       6 |
| 3        | Andaman & Nicobar |                                       1 |
| 4        | Andhra Pradesh    |                                       8 |
| 5        | Bihar             |                                      11 |
| 6        | Chhattisgarh      |                                       7 |
| 7        | Delhi             |                                       1 |
| 8        | Goa               |                                       1 |
| 9        | Gujarat           |                                       9 |
| 10       | Haryana           |                                       2 |
| 11       | Himachal Pradesh  |                                       2 |
| 12       | Jammu & Kashmir   |                                       7 |
| 13       | Ladakh            |                                       2 |
| 14       | Jharkhand         |                                       5 |
| 15       | Karnataka         |                                       9 |
| 16       | Kerala            |                                       3 |
| 17       | Lakshwadeep       |                                       1 |
| 18       | Maharashtra       |                                       3 |
| 19       | Meghalaya         |                                       2 |
| 20       | Madhya Pradesh    |                                       8 |
| 21       | Mizoram           |                                       2 |
| 22       | Nagaland          |                                       2 |
| 23       | Odisha            |                                       7 |
| 24       | Pudducherry       |                                       2 |
| 25       | Punjab            |                                       4 |
| 26       | Rajasthan         |                                      16 |
| 27       | Telangana         |                                       7 |
| 28       | Tripura           |                                       3 |
| 29       | Tamil Nadu        |                                       9 |
| 30       | Uttar Pradesh     |                                      20 |
| 31       | Uttarakhand       |                                       4 |
| 32       | West Bengal       |                                      10 |
|          | Total             |                                     175 |

STATEMENT REFERRED TO IN REPLY TO OF LOK SABHA UN-STARRED QUESTION NO. 3318 DUE FOR REPLY ON 09.08.2021 BY SHRI ASHOK MAHADEORAO NETE REGARDING "UPGRADATION OF EMPLOYMENT EXCHANGES'.

State/UT-wise details of job seekers placed through employment exchanges in the country to the extent available.

|             |                   |   Placement(innumbers) |   Placement(innumbers) |   Placement(innumbers) |
|-------------|-------------------|------------------------|------------------------|------------------------|
| Sl. No.     | State/UT          |                   2016 |                   2017 |                   2018 |
| 1           | ANDHRA PRADESH    |                    496 |                    225 |                    241 |
| 2           | ARUNACHAL PRADESH |                      1 |                      0 |                      0 |
| 3           | ASSAM             |                    644 |                    842 |                   1022 |
| 4           | BIHAR             |                   1857 |                    258 |                      0 |
| 5           | CHHATTISGARH      |                    170 |                    465 |                   1008 |
| 6           | DELHI             |                      0 |                      0 |                      0 |
| 7           | GOA               |                   1086 |                      0 |                      0 |
| 8           | GUJARAT           |                 330067 |                 394957 |                 342399 |
| 9           | HARYANA           |                    439 |                     45 |                    174 |
| 10          | HIMACHAL PRADESH  |                   1468 |                    735 |                   2507 |
| 11          | JAMMU & KASHMIR   |                    206 |                   1613 |                    331 |
| 12          | JHARKHAND         |                   2510 |                   3536 |                   1428 |
| 13          | KARNATAKA         |                    677 |                    392 |                    813 |
| 14          | KERALA            |                  11315 |                   8890 |                   9649 |
| 15          | MADHYA PRADESH    |                     76 |                      0 |                      0 |
| 16          | MAHARASHTRA       |                  37643 |                   2940 |                  41566 |
| 17          | MANIPUR           |                      0 |                    493 |                    200 |
| 18          | MEGHALAYA         |                      8 |                     10 |                    118 |
| 19          | MIZORAM           |                      0 |                      0 |                      0 |
| 20          | NAGALAND          |                      0 |                      0 |                      7 |
| 21          | ODISHA            |                   3831 |                   3861 |                    460 |
| 22          | PUNJAB            |                   2633 |                   2071 |                   1049 |
| 23          | RAJASTHAN         |                     52 |                    116 |                      0 |
| 24          | TAMIL NADU        |                   6183 |                   1752 |                   1157 |
| 25          | TELANGANA         |                    452 |                     91 |                      0 |
| 26          | TRIPURA           |                    191 |                     45 |                     66 |
| 27          | UTTARAKHAND       |                    312 |                     61 |                     25 |
| 28          | UTTAR PRADESH     |                   1460 |                    962 |                    367 |
| 29          | WEST BENGAL       |                   1159 |                      4 |                      0 |
| 30          | A. & N. ISLANDS   |                    355 |                      0 |                      0 |
| 31          | CHANDIGARH        |                    152 |                    157 |                     97 |
| 32          | D. & N. HAVELI    |                      0 |                      0 |                      0 |
| 33          | DAMAN AND DIU     |                      0 |                      0 |                      0 |
| 34          | LAKSHADWEEP       |                      0 |                      0 |                      0 |
| 35          | PUDUCHERRY        |                     93 |                     30 |                     13 |
| Grand Total | Grand Total       |                 405536 |                 424551 |                 404697 |

Note: Zero figures also include cases where no data has been received from the State/UT Government.

Source: Employment Exchange Statistics compiled by Directorate General of

employment; MoL&E, based on information received from State Governments.