Lok Sabha Question No. 2265 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2024-12-09
Subject: New Opportunities of Employment
Ministry: LABOUR AND EMPLOYMENT
Asked by: Shri Ganesh Singh

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF LABOUR AND EMPLOYMENT

## LOK SABHA

## UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 2265 TO BE ANSWERED ON 09 TH  DECEMBER, 2024

## NEW OPPORTUNITIES OF EMPLOYMENT

## 2265. SHRI GANESH SINGH:

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

- (a) the  details  of  direct  or  indirect  employment  available  with  the Government in respect of new opportunities of employment;
- (b)   whether  the  Government  has  any  data  regarding  temporary appointment  through  PSUs  of  different  department  besides  the Government department;
- (c)   if so, the details of such appointment and the number of people got employment every year;
- (d)   whether the Government has details of the number of jobs available in the private sector; and
- (e) if so, the details thereof?

## ANSWER

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

(a) to (e): Employment generation coupled with improving employability is  a  priority  of  Government  and  is  a  multi  stakeholder  initiative  and accordingly various Ministries/ Departments of Government of India like Ministry  of  Micro,  Small  and  Medium  Enterprises,  Ministry  of  Rural Development,  Ministry  of  Housing  and  Urban  Affairs,  Ministry  of Finance, Ministry of Textile, etc. are implementing different employment  generation  schemes/  programmes.  The  details  of  these employment generation schemes/ programmes may be seen at https://dge.gov.in/dge/schemes\_programmes.

The Ministry of Labour and Employment, Government of India, is implementing the National Career Service (NCS) project for providing a variety  of  employment  related  services  like  job  search  &  matching, career counselling, vocational guidance, information on skill development courses etc. through a digital platform [www.ncs.gov.in]. NCS is a one-stop solution for all career related services including jobs from private and government sectors, information on online & offline job fairs, skill/training programmes etc. As on 15.11.2024, more than 3.52 crore (which inter-alia include the private sector) vacancies have been mobilised on NCS Portal.

The  Hon'ble  Prime  Minister  had  launched  the  National  Rozgar Mela on 22 nd  October, 2022. A total of 13 Rozgar melas have so far been held  at  Central  level  in  45-50  cities  across  various  States/  Union Territories.  As  part  of  Rozgar  Mela,  the  vacant  posts  in  Central Government Ministries and various Organisations of Central Government are being filled up in a mission mode by the respective Ministries/ Departments.

In addition, occurrence and filling up of vacant posts in various Ministries/Departments/PSU/ Railways is a continuous process. Ministries/ Departments of the Central Government have been directed, from time to time, to fill up vacant posts in a time bound manner.

The  Employment  Linked  Incentive  (ELI)  scheme  announced  in Budget  2024-25,  with  an  outlay  of  Rs  1,07,000  Crores,  aims  at  job creation and formalisation of work force by providing Social Security through  EPFO,  enhancing  employability  and  incentivizing  additional employment generation through incentives to employees and employers.

The Public Enterprises Survey, which is conducted by Department of Public Enterprises, Ministry of Finance, provides yearwise number of Regular Employees, Casual / daily Rate workers and Contract  Workers/Employees  in  Central  Public  Sector  Enterprises (CPSEs). As per the data in latest Public Enterprises Survey 2022-23, CPSEs across sectors employed 14.90 lakh persons as of financial year 2022-23. Details are available at https://dpe.gov.in/en/public-enterprisessurvey-2022-23-0

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