Lok Sabha Question No. 106 (STARRED), answered on 2023-12-11
Subject: National Career Service (NCS) Project
Ministry: LABOUR AND EMPLOYMENT
Asked by: P.P. Chaudhary, Anurag Sharma

## MINISTRY OF LABOUR AND EMPLOYMENT

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA LOK SABHA

## STARRED QUESTION NO.*106

TO BE ANSWERED ON 11 TH  DECEMBER, 2023

## NATIONAL CAREER SERVICE (NCS) PROJECT

*106.      SHRI P.P. CHAUDHARY: SHRI ANURAG SHARMA:

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

- (a) the objectives of National Career Service (NCS) Project;
- (b) the number of Employment Exchanges and Model Career Centres (MCCs) in the country, State/district-wise;
- (c) the number of Employment Exchanges upgraded to Model Career Centres  (MCCs)  in  the  country,  State-wise  and  district-wise  in Rajasthan and Uttar Pradesh;
- (d) the status  and details of Pali, Jhansi, Deoria, Pratapgarh Employment  Exchange  and  the  number  of  beneficiaries/job seekers/ employers registered on NCS portal in these Constituencies;
- (e) whether the Government has plans for setting up more Employment Exchange/MCCs and if so, the details thereof; and
- (f) the  details  of  steps  taken  by  the  Government  to  get  more employers registered   on the NCS portal?

## ANSWER

MINISTER OF LABOUR AND EMPLOYMENT (SHRI BHUPENDER YADAV)

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

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STATEMENT REFERRED TO IN  REPLY  TO  PARTS  (a)  TO  (f)  OF  LOK SABHA STARRED QUESTION NO. *106 DUE FOR REPLY ON 11.12.2023 REGARDING 'NATIONAL CAREER SERVICE (NCS) PROJECT' BY SHRI P.P. CHAUDHARY AND SHRI ANURAG SHARMA:

(a)  to  (f):      Ministry  of  Labour  and  Employment  is  implementing  the National  Career  Service  (NCS)  project  to  provide  a  variety  of  career related  services  like  job  search  and  matching,  career  counselling, vocational  guidance,  information  on  skill  development  courses  etc. through a digital platform [www.ncs.gov.in].

Establishment/Expansion of Employment Exchanges is under the purview of the State/UT Governments. As on 30.11.2023 there are 1005 Employment  Exchanges  in  the  country.  Under  the  NCS  project,  the Government  has  targeted  to  establish  400  Model  Career  Centres (MCCs)  and  all  400  MCCs  have  been  approved  including  370  in Employment Exchanges. State-wise details of Employment Exchanges and  Model  Career  Centres  are  provided  at  Annexure  I  and  Locationwise  employment  exchanges  of  Rajasthan  and  Uttar  Pradesh  where Model Career Centres have been approved are provided at Annexure-II.

The number of beneficiaries/Jobseekers/Employers registered on NCS portal of Pali, Jhansi, Deoria and Pratapgargh districts as on 30th November 2023 are given below:

|   Sl. No. | Districts   | Jobseeker   | Employer   |
|-----------|-------------|-------------|------------|
|         1 | Pali        | 1,28,835    | 7,804      |
|         2 | Jhansi      | 1,01,710    | 2,172      |
|         3 | Deoria      | 70,445      | 2,072      |
|         4 | Pratapgarh  | 1,46,898    | 2,741      |

In  order  to  increase  the  registration  of  employers  on  the  NCS

- portal, the Government has taken the following initiatives: i. NCS portal has been integrated with Udyam portal of Ministry of Micro, Small and Medium  Enterprises (MSME)  for  seamless registration of Udyam registered MSMEs as employers on the NCS portal.  More  than  16.81  lakhs  Udyam  registered  MSMEs  are registered as employers on NCS portal. ii. Ministry  of  Labour  and  Employment  has  signed  Memorandum  of Understandings  (MoUs)/  partnerships  with  various  job  portals/ private  organizations  like  Monster.com,  Freshersworld,  Quess Corp Limited, HireMee, TCS-iON, UNICEF YuWaah etc to enhance job opportunities on NCS for the job seekers. iii. NCS  portal  is  also  interlinked  with  EPFO  and  ESIC  portals  for connecting with the employers. Further,  to  popularize  NCS  and  for  connecting  with  job  seekers and  employers,  Information  Education  and  Communication  (IEC)
- iv. activities and outreach activities are regularly organized.

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## ANNEXURE-I

## STATEMENT  REFERRED  TO  IN  REPLY  (a)  TO  (f)  TO  THE  LOK  SABHA  STARRED QUESTION NO. *106 DUE FOR REPLY ON 11.12.2023

## The State-wise number of Employment Exchanges and Model Career Centres

|   Sl. No | State/UT                  | No. of Employme nt Exchange   | No. of Employment Exchanges upgraded to MCCs   | No. of MCCs approved at institutions other than Employment Exchanges   | Total No. of MCCs   |
|----------|---------------------------|-------------------------------|------------------------------------------------|------------------------------------------------------------------------|---------------------|
|        1 | Arunachal Pradesh         | 12                            | 6                                              | -                                                                      | 6                   |
|        2 | Assam                     | 52                            | 12                                             | 1                                                                      | 13                  |
|        3 | Andaman & Nicobar Islands | 1                             | 1                                              | -                                                                      | 1                   |
|        4 | Andhra Pradesh            | 17                            | 29                                             | 1                                                                      | 30                  |
|        5 | Bihar                     | 47                            | 20                                             | -                                                                      | 20                  |
|        6 | Chhattisgarh              | 26                            | 12                                             | -                                                                      | 12                  |
|        7 | Delhi                     | 3                             | 1                                              | 1                                                                      | 2                   |
|        8 | Goa                       | 1                             | 1                                              | -                                                                      | 1                   |
|        9 | Gujarat                   | 46                            | 13                                             | -                                                                      | 13                  |
|       10 | Haryana                   | 65                            | 3                                              | 1                                                                      | 4                   |
|       11 | Himachal Pradesh          | 15                            | 2                                              | -                                                                      | 2                   |
|       12 | Jammu & Kashmir           | 20                            | 18                                             | 1                                                                      | 19                  |
|       13 | Ladakh                    | 2                             | 2                                              | 1                                                                      | 3                   |
|       14 | Jharkhand                 | 42                            | 20                                             | -                                                                      | 20                  |
|       15 | Karnataka                 | 40                            | 13                                             | 1                                                                      | 14                  |
|       16 | Kerala                    | 89                            | 13                                             | 1                                                                      | 14                  |
|       17 | Lakshadweep               | 1                             | 1                                              | 1                                                                      | 2                   |
|       18 | Maharashtra               | 36                            | 26                                             | 2                                                                      | 28                  |
|       19 | Meghalaya                 | 12                            | 4                                              | -                                                                      | 4                   |
|       20 | Madhya Pradesh            | 49                            | 11                                             | 2                                                                      | 13                  |
|       21 | Manipur                   | 11                            | 1                                              | 1                                                                      | 2                   |
|       22 | Mizoram                   | 3                             | 4                                              | -                                                                      | 4                   |
|       23 | Nagaland                  | 8                             | 7                                              | -                                                                      | 7                   |
|       24 | Odisha                    | 40                            | 30                                             | 2                                                                      | 32                  |
|       25 | Puducherry                | 1                             | 4                                              | -                                                                      | 4                   |
|       26 | Punjab                    | 47                            | 12                                             | -                                                                      | 12                  |
|       27 | Rajasthan                 | 38                            | 16                                             | -                                                                      | 16                  |
|       28 | Sikkim                    | -                             | -                                              | 6                                                                      | 6                   |
|       29 | Telangana                 | 34                            | 12                                             | -                                                                      | 12                  |
|       30 | Tripura                   | 6                             | 3                                              | 1                                                                      | 4                   |
|       31 | Tamil Nadu                | 35                            | 19                                             | 1                                                                      | 20                  |
|       32 | Uttar Pradesh             | 100                           | 35                                             | 4                                                                      | 39                  |
|       33 | Uttarakhand               | 24                            | 4                                              | 1                                                                      | 5                   |
|       34 | West Bengal               | 77                            | 15                                             | 1                                                                      | 16                  |
|       35 | Chandigarh                | 2                             | -                                              | -                                                                      | -                   |
|       36 | D. &N. Haveli Daman & Diu | 3                             | -                                              | -                                                                      | -                   |

## ANNEXURE-II

STATEMENT REFERRED TO IN REPLY (a) TO (f) TO THE LOK SABHA STARRED QUESTION NO. *106 DUE FOR REPLY ON 11.12.2023

The number of Employment Exchanges where Model Career Centers (MCCs) have been approved in Rajasthan and Uttar Pradesh.

## a. Rajasthan:

|   Sl. No. | Location                                     |
|-----------|----------------------------------------------|
|         1 | Alwar, Employment Exchange                   |
|         2 | Banswara District Employment Exchange        |
|         3 | Baran District Employment Exchange           |
|         4 | Bharatpur, Employment Exchange               |
|         5 | Bikaner, Employment Exchange                 |
|         6 | Dausa, Employment Exchange                   |
|         7 | Jaipur, Employment Exchange                  |
|         8 | Jaisalmer District Employment Exchange       |
|         9 | Jalore District Employment Exchange          |
|        10 | Jhalawar, Employment Exchange                |
|        11 | Jhunjhunu, Employment Exchange               |
|        12 | Kota, Employment Exchange                    |
|        13 | Pali, Employment Exchange                    |
|        14 | Sawai Madhopur, Employment Exchange          |
|        15 | Sirohi, Employment Exchange                  |
|        16 | Sri Ganga Nagar District Employment Exchange |

## b. Uttar Pradesh:

|   Sl. No. | Location                                     |
|-----------|----------------------------------------------|
|         1 | Agra, Regional Employment Exchange           |
|         2 | Aligarh Employment Exchange                  |
|         3 | Bahraich Employment Exchange                 |
|         4 | Banaras Hindu University                     |
|         5 | Bareilly Regional Employment Exchange        |
|         6 | Basti Regional Employment Exchange           |
|         7 | Bijnore District Employment Exchange         |
|         8 | Bulandshahar Employment Exchange             |
|         9 | Bundelkhand University, Jhansi               |
|        10 | Deoria Employment Exchange                   |
|        11 | Etawah Employment Exchange                   |
|        12 | Faiazabad, Regional Employment Exchange      |
|        13 | Fatehpur Employment Exchange                 |
|        14 | Firozabad Employment Exchange                |
|        15 | Ghaziabad, Employment Exchange               |
|        16 | Gonda Regional Employment Exchange           |
|        17 | Hardoi District Employment Exchange          |
|        18 | Kanpur Dehat Employment Exchange             |
|        19 | Kushinagar Employment Exchange               |
|        20 | Lakhimpur Khiri District Employment Exchange |
|        21 | Lucknow Employment Exchange                  |
|        22 | Mahoba, Employment Exhange                   |
|        23 | Mathura, Employment Exhange                  |
|        24 | Meerut, Employment Exchange                  |
|        25 | Mirzapur, Regional Employment Exchange       |
|        26 | Moradabad, Employment Exchange               |
|        27 | Muzaffarnagar Regional Employment Exchange   |
|        28 | Pilibhit Employment Exchange                 |
|        29 | Pratapgarh Employment Exchange               |
|        30 | Raebareli Employment Exchange                |
|        31 | Saharanpur Regional Employment Exchange      |
|        32 | Sitapur District Employment Exchange         |
|        33 | Sonebhadra Employment Exchange               |
|        34 | Sultanpur Employment Exchange                |
|        35 | University of Allahabad, Allahabad           |