Lok Sabha Question No. 3816 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2025-03-24
Subject: Improvement in Employment Opportunities in Dhubri
Ministry: LABOUR AND EMPLOYMENT
Asked by: Md. Rakibul Hussain

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

## UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 3816

TO BE ANSWERED ON 24 TH  MARCH, 2025

## IMPROVEMENT IN EMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITIES IN DHUBRI 3816.  MD. RAKIBUL HUSSAIN:

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

- (a) the  details  of  measures  implemented  or  planning  to  implemen  to improve employment opportunities in the Dhubri Lok Sabha Constituency  of  Assam,  especially  for  youth  and  women  in  rural and semi-urban areas;
- (b) whether  vocational  training  and  skill  development  programmes have been introduced in Dhubri to enhance employability, if so, the details thereof; and
- (c) whether the Government monitoring these programmes effectively reaches  the  local  population  and  if  so,  the  details  thereof  and  if not, the reasons therefor?

## ANSWER

## MINISTER OF STATE FOR LABOUR AND EMPLOYMENT

## (SUSHRI SHOBHA KARANDLAJE)

(a) to (c): Employment generation coupled with improving employability for youth and women is the priority of the Government.

Accordingly,  Government  is  implementing  various  employment generation  schemes/  programmes  in  the  country  including  Dhubri  Lok Sabha Constituency of Assam. These inter-alia include Pradhan Mantri Mudra  Yojana  (PMMY),  Stand-UP  India  Scheme,  Startup  India,  Prime Minister's  Employment  Generation  Programme  (PMEGP),  Women  in Science and EngineeringKIRAN (WISE-KIRAN), SERB-POWER (Promoting  Opportunities  for  Women  in  Exploratory  Research),  Mission Shakti,  Namo  Drone  Didi  and  Lakhpati  Didi,  Mahatma  Gandhi  National Rural  Employment  Guarantee  Scheme  (MGNREGS),  Pt.  Deen  Dayal Upadhyaya Grameen Kaushalya Yojana (DDU-GKY), Rural Self Employment  and  Training  Institutes  (RSETIs),    Deen  Dayal  Antodaya Yojana-National  Urban Livelihoods Mission (DAY-NULM),  Production Linked  Incentive,    etc.  The  details  of  various  employment  generation schemes/  programmes  being  implemented  by  the  Government  of  India may be seen at https://dge.gov.in/dge/schemes\_programmes.

A  number  of  protective  provisions  have  been  incorporated  in  the labour  laws  for  equal  opportunity  and  congenial  work  environment  for women workers.

The  Ministry  of  Labour  and  Employment  is  running  the  National Career  Service  (NCS)  Portal  which  is  a  one-stop  solution  for  providing career related services.  The portal also gives 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].

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-placed career skill programme.

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)  including  in  the  State  of  Assam.  The  SIM  aims  at enabling youth of India including women to get future ready, equipped with industry relevant skills.

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