Lok Sabha Question No. 1296 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2025-07-28
Subject: Steps for Elimination of Unemployment
Ministry: LABOUR AND EMPLOYMENT
Asked by: Shri Narayan Tatu Rane

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF LABOUR AND EMPLOYMENT

## LOK SABHA

## UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 1296

TO BE ANSWERED ON 28 th  JULY, 2025

## STEPS FOR ELIMINATION OF UNEMPLOYMENT

## 1296.    SHRI NARAYAN TATU RANE:

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

- (a) the  details  of  the  steps  taken  by  the  Government  to  eliminate unemployment in the country;
- (b) whether  the  Government  has  taken  any  initiatives  to  digitise  job demand and supply at the national level;
- (c)
- if so, the details thereof;
- (d) the  details  of  the  objective  of  setting  up  the  National  Career Service  (NCS)  portal  along  with  the  vacancies  filled  up  gender, State/UT-wise; and
- (e)
- the details of the scope and extent of listing of jobs on it?

## ANSWER

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

(a) to (e): Employment generation coupled with improving employability is a priority of the Government. Accordingly, Government is implementing  various  employment  generation  schemes/  programmes. These interalia include Prime Minister's Employment Generation Programme  (PMEGP),  Mahatma  Gandhi  National  Rural  Employment Guarantee Scheme (MGNREGS), Deendayal Antyodaya Yojana- National Rural Livelihoods Mission (DAY-NRLM), Deen Dayal Upadhyaya Grameen Kaushalya  Yojana  (DDU-GKY),  Rural  Self  Employment  and  Training Institutes  (RSETIs),  Deen  Deendayal  Antyodaya  Yojana-National  Urban Livelihoods Mission (DAYNULM), PM Street Vendor's AtmaNirbhar Nidhi (PM SVANidhi), Pradhan Mantri Mudra Yojana (PMMY), etc. The details of various employment generation schemes/programmes being implemented by the Government may be seen at https://dge.gov.in/dge/schemes\_programmes.

Ministry  of  Skill  Development  and  Entrepreneurship  (MSDE)  has been implementing its flagship scheme, Pradhan Mantri Kaushal Vikas Yojana (PMKVY), since 2015 to impart skill development training through Short-Term Training (STT) and up-skilling and re-skilling through Recognition of Prior Learning (RPL) to youth across the country with the aim  to  enhance  the  employability  of  youth  by  equipping  them  with industry relevant skills. In  addition,  the  Union  Cabinet  has approved  the  Employment Linked  Incentive  (ELI)  Scheme  to  support  employment  generation, enhance  employability  and  social  security  across  all  sectors,  with special focus on the manufacturing sector. Further, 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 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]. Notifying final hiring figure is not mandatory requirement on NCS Portal. However, as on 10.07.2025, more than 6.3 Crore vacancies have been mobilized on NCS Portal. State/UT wise vacancies may be seen at https://www.ncs.gov.in/\_layouts/15/ncsp/ViewStaticReport.aspx

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