Lok Sabha Question No. 3917 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2025-08-18
Subject: Model Career Centres in Tamil Nadu
Ministry: LABOUR AND EMPLOYMENT
Asked by: Shri Navaskani K, Shri Selvam G, Shri C N Annadurai

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF LABOUR AND EMPLOYMENT LOK SABHA

## UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 3917

TO BE ANSWERED ON 18 TH  AUGUST, 2025

## MODEL CAREER CENTRES IN TAMIL NADU

3917.   SHRI C N ANNADURAI: SHRI SELVAM G: SHRI NAVASKANI K:

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

- (a) the details of the number  of Model Career Centres (MCCs) established  under  the  National  Career  Service  (NCS)  project  in Tamil Nadu;
- (b) the  details  of  the  objectives  and  key  services  provided  by  these MCCs to job seekers in Tamil Nadu;
- (c) the details of the total number of job seekers registered and placed through MCCs in Tamil Nadu during the last two years;
- whether the career counselling and skill development programmes are being regularly organized by the Government in these centres and if so, the details thereof including outreach in rural and semi-
- (d) urban areas;
- (e) the details of the number of job fairs or placement drives organized by the Model Career Centres in Tamil Nadu during FY 2023-24 and 2024-25;
- (f) the details of the number of candidates received job offers through these events; and
- (g) the  steps  taken  by  the  Government  to  increase  participation  of women and marginalised groups in the said job fairs?

## ANSWER

## MINISTER OF STATE FOR LABOUR AND EMPLOYMENT (SUSHRI SHOBHA KARANDLAJE)

(a)  to  (g):  Ministry  of  Labour  and  Employment,  Government  of  India  is running  the  National  Career  Service  (NCS)  Portal  which  is  a  one-stop solution  for  providing  career  related  services  including  information  on jobs  from  private  and  government  sectors,  information  on  online  & offline  job  fairs,  job  search  &  matching,  career  counselling,  vocational guidance, information on skill development courses, employability enhancement programmes etc. through a digital platform[www.ncs.gov.in].

One  of  the  objectives  of  the  NCS  scheme  is  to  transform  the employment exchanges to Model Career Centres (MCCs). These centres connect  local  youth  and  other  job-  seekers  with  job  opportunities through use of technology as well as career counselling and training. As such these Model Career Centres (MCCs) act as a hub for organizing job fairs,  mobilising  the  employers,  providing  career  counselling  at  local level  etc.  in  collaboration  with  States  and  other  institutions  for  the jobseekers  and  employers  through  outreach  activities.  Till  date,  20 Model Career Centres have been approved in the State of Tamil Nadu.

During  the  financial  years  2023-24  and  2024-25,  more  than  7.6 lakh jobseekers have registered on NCS portal in the state of Tamil Nadu (including in MCCs). Also, a total of 515 job fairs have been organized. Notifying  final  hiring  figures  is  not  a  mandatory  requirement  on  NCS portal,  however,  more  than  25,000  jobseekers  (including  women  and marginalized  groups)  have  been  shortlisted  during  the  job  fairs  in  the same period.

Further, NCS Portal also provides online/offline career counselling and  vocational  guidance  services  to  its  registered  users  (including  in rural  and  semi-urban  areas).  More  than  1182  Career  Counsellors  have been on boarded on NCS portal. Till date more than 41 lakh online/ offline career guidance sessions have been conducted.

NCS portal is integrated with Skill India Digital Hub (SIDH) that is specially designed and developed to skill, reskill and upskill individuals through an online training platform for jobs and entrepreneurial opportunities.  The  integration  of  NCS  Portal  with  SIDH  has  paved  the way for the skilled jobseekers (employed/unemployed) on SIDH to avail the benefits of NCS Portal and the jobseekers (employed/unemployed) to avail the skilling services offered by SIDH.

In addition, Government is implementing Skill India Mission (SIM) to deliver skill, re-skill and up-skill training through an extensive network of  skill  development  centres/  schools/  colleges  /institutes  etc.  under various  schemes,  viz.  Pradhan  Mantri  Kaushal  Vikas  Yojana  (PMKVY), Jan Shikshan Sansthan (JSS), National Apprenticeship Promotion Scheme (NAPS) and Craftsmen Training Scheme (CTS) through Industrial Training Institutes (ITIs). The SIM aims at enabling youth of India to get future ready, equipped with industry relevant skills.

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