Lok Sabha Question No. 118 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2021-07-19
Subject: National Career Service
Ministry: LABOUR AND EMPLOYMENT
Asked by: Pritam Gopinath Munde, Girish Bhalchandra Bapat, Rahul Ramesh Shewale

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA

## MINISTRY OF LABOUR AND EMPLOYMENT

## LOK SABHA

## UNSTARRED QUESTION NO.118 TO BE ANSWERED ON 19 TH JULY, 2021

## NATIONAL CAREER SERVICE

118.    DR. PRITAM GOPINATHRAO MUNDE: SHRI GIRISH BHALCHANDRA BAPAT: SHRI RAHUL RAMESH SHEWALE:

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

- (a) whether the Government is committed to improve employment outcome for all youths in India through an enduring, long-term commitment for better opportunities;
- (b) if so, the facts thereof;
- (c) the number of policies and schemes undertaken by the Government for upliftment of the youth;
- (d) whether the Government had launched the National Career Service (NCS) to caters the employment and career needs of the youth;
- (e) if so, the initiatives taken by NCS to mitigate the challenges in the labour market due to Covid-19 and the consequent lockdown of the economy; and
- (f) the success achieved in this regard so far?

## ANSWER

## MINISTER OF LABOUR AND EMPLOYMENT (SHRI BHUPENDER YADAV)

(a) to (c) Government of India has formulated various policies/ schemes viz. National Youth Policy, National Education Policy, National Policy for Skill Development & Entrepreneurship, etc. to empower youth of the country to achieve their full potential.

To  enhance  the  employment  generation,  Government  is  encouraging  various  projects involving substantial investment and through public expenditure on schemes  like Atmanirbhar  Bharat  Rojgar  Yojana  (ABRY),  Prime  Minister's  Employment  Generation Programme  (PMEGP),  Mahatma  Gandhi  National  Rural  Employment  Guarantee  Schemes (MGNREGS), Pt. Deen Dayal Upadhyaya Grameen Kaushalya Yojana (DDU-GKY), Pradhan Mantri  Kaushal  Vikas  Yojana  (PMKVY),  run  by  the  Ministry  of  Labour&  Employment, Ministry of Micro, Small & Medium Enterprises, Ministry of Rural Development, Ministry of Housing  &  Urban  Affairs  and  Ministry  of  Skill  Development  &  Entrepreneurship  (MSDE), respectively.

Pradhan Mantri Mudra Yojana (PMMY) is being implemented by the Government inter alia, for facilitating self-employment. Under PMMY collateral free loans upto Rs.10 lakh, are extended to micro/small business enterprises and to individuals to enable them to setup or expand their business activities.

Besides these initiatives, flagship programmes of the Government such as Make in India, Digital India, Swachh Bharat Mission, Smart City Mission, Atal Mission for Rejuvenation and Urban Transformation, Housing for All, Infrastructure development and Industrial corridors have the potential to generate productive employment opportunities.

(d) to (f)  The  Ministry  is  implementing  National  Career  Service  (NCS)  Project  for transformation of the National Employment Service into National Career Service to provide a variety of employment related services viz. job search and matching, career counselling, vocational  guidance,  information  on  skill  development  courses,  etc.  The  services  are available online on the National Career Service Portal (www.ncs.gov.in).The project interalia, includes establishment of Model Career Centres (MCCs) in collaboration with States and  other  institutions  to  deliver  employment  related  services  to  maximise  the  reach  of NCS  for  conducting  outreach  activities.  The  MCC  also  aims  to  organise  the  job  fairs, mobilise  the  employers,  provide  the  career  counselling  at  District  level,  etc.  Under  the component of interlinking of Employment Exchanges, Government provides grant-in-aid to the State Governments for organizing job fairs, up-gradation of Information Technology and refurbishment of the existing Employment Exchanges.

The initiatives taken by NCS, to mitigate the challenges in the labour market due to Covid19 and the consequent lockdown of the economy, are as under:

- I. NCS  portal  launched  an  online  Job  Fair  module  with  enhancements  where  the complete  cycle  of  job  posting  to  selection  of  candidate  can  be  completed  on  the portal.
- II. A Special link for Work from Home Jobs and Online Trainings was created on NCS portal Home page to give direct access to Jobseekers to these jobs.
- III. NCS  portal launched the functionality of creation of video profiles for the Jobseekers.  Jobseekers  can  create  short  video  profile  in  the  form  of  three  video clips of 20 seconds each on "Self, Skills and Areas of Interest". This will enable the employer to shortlist the suitable candidate.
- IV. National Career Service (NCS) also offers its registered jobseekers a free, self-paced Online Training Programme on 'Career Skills', which will equip the learners with an array of soft skills.
- V. NCS Portal is providing links to public disclosure of scores and ranking of candidates in  government  recruitment  examinations,  so  that  those  candidates  who  have  not qualified in the final merit list have a second chance or option for a job in the Public or Private Sector. The employers can access the publically available data through NCS Portal.

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