Lok Sabha Question No. 291 (STARRED), answered on 2024-12-16
Subject: Employment Exchanges
Ministry: LABOUR AND EMPLOYMENT
Asked by: Shri Selvam G, Shri C N Annadurai

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA

## MINISTRY OF LABOUR AND EMPLOYMENT LOK SABHA STARRED QUESTION NO. *291 TO BE ANSWERED ON 16 TH  DECEMBER, 2024

## EMPLOYMENT EXCHANGES

*291. SHRI SELVAM G:

SHRI C N ANNADURAI:

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

- (a) whether the Government provides skill development or upskilling programs through Employment Exchanges to enhance employability in the country, if so, the details thereof;
- (b) the details of career counselling services available at Employment Exchanges to guide job seekers and the number of skill  development  and  counselling  programs  conducted  through Employment Exchanges in the last three years;
- (c) the  number  of  job  placements  facilitated  through  Employment Exchanges in the last three years, State-wise and year-wise;
- (d) the details of the comparison of Employment Exchanges' performance in urban and rural areas;
- (e) whether  there  is  a  mechanism  to  monitor  the  effectiveness  of Employment Exchanges, if so, the details thereof;
- (f) the details of the efforts made by the Government to address the regional  disparity  in  access  to  Employment  Exchange  services; and
- (g) the steps taken by the Government to ensure that marginalised groups,  including  women  and  persons  with  disabilities,  benefit from Employment Exchange services?

## ANSWER

MINISTER OF LABOUR & EMPLOYMENT (DR. MANSUKH MANDAVIYA)

(a) to (g): A Statement is laid on the Table of the House.

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STATEMENT  REFERRED  TO  IN  REPLY  TO  LOK  SABHA  STARRED QUESTION NO.*291 DUE FOR REPLY ON 16.12.2024 BY SHRI SELVAM G, AND SHRI C N ANNADURAI REGARDING ' EMPLOYMENT EXCHANGES '

(a)  to  (g):  The  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,  skill/training 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).

To enhance  the employability, digital and career skills of jobseekers  and  empower  &  equip  youth  with  an  array  of  essential employable  skills,  NCS  Portal  inter-alia  offers  online  employability enhancement programmes, digital skill enhancement programmes and self-paced career skill programmes.

Further,  there  is  a  module  on  NCS  Portal  which  facilitates  the approved career counsellors to provide career counselling and guidance  services.  As  on  15.11.2024  around  1150  career  counselors have been onboarded on NCS Portal. Information on more than 3600 job  roles  across  52  sectors  like  Banking,  Finance  and  Insurance, Telecom, IT-ITes, Food Industry, Healthcare etc. have also been made available on the portal at www.ncs.gov.in.

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.

State-wise  data  on  various  parameters  (employers,  jobseekers, vacancies,  placements  etc.)  pertaining  to  employment  exchanges based  on  the  data  furnished  by  the  States is available in the Employment Exchange Statistics at (https://dge.gov.in/dge/dgepublications-reports-).

Ministry  has  dedicated  24  National  Career  Service  Centres  for Differently  Abled  and  25  National  Career  Service  Centres  for  the Scheduled  Castes  and  Scheduled  Tribes  in  different  States/UTs  to provide employment/ career related services to Differently Abled and SC/ST  jobseekers  respectively.  The  National  Career  Service  Centres for Differently Abled provide vocational guidance, career counselling, non-formal  vocational  training, extend  referral  services  and  also conduct outreach activities, and assist Differently Abled jobseekers in the  process  of  vocational  rehabilitation . The National Career Service Centres  (NCSCs)  for  SC/ST  take  various  measures  to  enhance  the employability  of  educated  SC/ST  jobseekers  such  as  counselling, coaching and training.

NCS  portal  also  provides  various  opportunities  and  features specifically focused for women candidates to encourage their skilling Women' is displayed on NCS Portal Home apply to women specific jobs. NCS conducts job fairs and career enrichment and employment. 'Jobs for Page to help women jobseeker to easily search and programs specifically for women.

The  Ministry  had  approved  407  Model  Career  Centres  (MCCs) across the country. These centres connect local youth and other jobseekers with job opportunities through the use of technology as well as  career  counselling  and  training.  As  such  these  Model  Career Centres  (MCCs)  act  as  a  hub  for  organising  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.

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