Lok Sabha Question No. 2537 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2025-03-17
Subject: Job Fair
Ministry: LABOUR AND EMPLOYMENT
Asked by: Smt. Delkar Kalaben Mohanbhai, Dr. Shivaji Bandappa Kalge, Shri Bhumare Sandipanrao Asaram, Shri Gyaneshwar Patil

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF LABOUR AND EMPLOYMENT

## LOK SABHA

## UNSTARRED QUESTION NO.2537 TO BE ANSWERED ON 17 TH  MARCH, 2025

## JOB FAIRS

## 2537.   SHRI GYANESHWAR PATIL:

SHRI BHUMARE SANDIPANRAO ASARAM:

SMT. DELKAR KALABEN MOHANBHAI:

DR. SHIVAJI BANDAPPA KALGE:

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

- (a) the details of the job fairs organized in the country during the last five years till date, year-wise and State-wise including Maharashtra, Madhya Pradesh and Dadra and Nagar Haveli;
- (b)
- the details of benefits/impacts of the said fairs;
- (c) the details of the number of persons got employed through these fairs and the fields of employment;
- (d) the  details  of  the  number  of  employers  participated  in  the  said fairs and the total number of persons employed through them till date;
- (e) the details of the measures likely to be taken in this regard;
- (f) whether  the  unemployed  youths  in  Dadra  and  Nagar  are  still unbale to find jobs;
- (g) if so, the reasons therefor;
- (h) the steps being taken by the Government to provide employment to the unemployed youths in Dadra and Nagar Haveli; and
- (i)
- the details of the measures taken in this regard?

## ANSWER

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

(a) to (i) The Ministry of Labour and Employment, Government of India, is  implementing  the  National  Career  Service  (NCS)  project  for  the transformation of the National Employment Service to provide a variety of  employment  related  services  like  job  search  &  matching,  career counselling,  information  on  skill  development  courses,  employability assessment, employability enhancement training etc through  a digital portal -www.ncs.gov.in (NCS Portal).

Regular Job Fairs are being organized under various schemes by the State Governments/ Ministries/ Departments etc.

The details of job fairs conducted by State Employment Exchanges/ Model Career Centres in the country including in Maharashtra, Madhya  Pradesh and Dadra and Nagar Haveli and jobseeker participated, provisionally selected and employer participated in them job fairs during last five year as on 28th February, 2025 are given as under;

| Job Fair   | Jobseekers Participated   | Jobseeker Shortlisted   | Employer Participated   |
|------------|---------------------------|-------------------------|-------------------------|
| 42,981     | 40,88,791                 | 18,69,833               | 1,25,093                |

The official data on Employment and Unemployment is collected through Annual Periodic Labour Force Survey (PLFS), which is conducted  by  Ministry  of  Statistics  and  Programme  Implementation (MoSPI) since 2017-18. The survey period is July to June every year.

As  per  the  data  available  in  latest  Annual  PLFS  Reports,  the estimated Worker Population Ratio (WPR) on usual status for persons of age 15 years and above has increased from 54.0% in 2020-21 to 67.8% in 2023-24 in Dadra & Nagar Haveli & Daman & Diu.

Employment  generation  coupled  with  improving  employability  of the youth is a priority of the Government. Accordingly, Government is implementing  various  employment  generation  schemes/  programmes across the country including Dadra and Nagar Haveli. These inter-alia include Prime Minister's Employment Generation Programme (PMEGP), Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Scheme (MGNREGS), Deen Dayal Upadhyaya Grameen Kaushalya Yojana (DDUGKY), Rural Self Employment and Training Institutes (RSETIs), Deendayal Antyodaya Yojana-National Urban Livelihoods Mission (DAYNULM), Pradhan Mantri Mudra Yojana (PMMY), Stand-UP India Scheme, Startup  India,  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

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