Lok Sabha Question No. 2305 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2025-12-15
Subject: Job Fairs
Ministry: LABOUR AND EMPLOYMENT
Asked by: Shri Satpal Brahamchari, Shri Jai Parkash

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF LABOUR AND EMPLOYMENT

## LOK SABHA

## UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 2305 TO BE ANSWERED ON 15 TH  DECEMBER, 2025

## JOB FAIRS

2305.      SHRI SATPAL BRAHAMCHARI: SHRI JAI PARKASH:

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

- (a) the details of the number of job fairs held in Sonipat and Hisar Lok Sabha Constituencies during the last three years and the number of participants along with the total number of selected candidates who actually joined the jobs offered to them;
- (b) whether  any  assessment  has  been  made  by  the  Government  on the stability of employment, pay and skill upgradation of the youth appointed after the said fairs and if so, the details thereof; and
- (c) whether  the  Government  proposes  to  introduce  new  measures such  as  participation  of  more  reputed  companies,  skill-based screening  and  post-placement  digital  tracking  to  improve  the effectiveness of the said Job Fairs and if so, the details thereof?

## ANSWER

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

(a)  to  (c):  Job  fair  is  one  of  the  steps  towards  fulfilment  of  the Commitment of the Government to accord highest priority to employment  generation  amongst  youth.  Regular  Job  Fairs  are  being organized under various schemes by the State Governments/ Ministries/ Departments etc.

A  total  of  197  job  fairs  were  held  in  Haryana  State  (including Sonipat and Hisar Lok Sabha Constituencies) during the last three years in which 3706 candidates have been shortlisted.

To enhance the employability, digital and career skills of jobseekers and empower & equip youth (including the youth appointed after  the  job  fairs)  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. 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  on  SIDH  to  avail  the benefits  of  NCS  Portal  and  the  jobseekers  of  NCS  to  avail  the  skilling services offered by SIDH.

In  addition,  the  Government  is  implementing  Employment  Linked Incentive  (ELI)  Scheme  named  as  the  Pradhan  Mantri  Viksit  Bharat Rozgar  Yojana  to  support  sustained  employment  generation,  enhance employability and social security across all sectors, with special focus on  the  manufacturing  sector.  The  scheme  with  an  outlay  of  Rs  99,446 Crore aims to incentivize the creation of more than 3.5 Crore jobs in the country, over a period of 2 years.

The  scheme  comprises  two  components  (Part  A  and  Part  B)  and provides financial incentives linked to sustained employment. Under Part B of the scheme, incentives to employers accrue only when additional employment is sustained for a minimum period of six months. Similarly, incentives to first-time employees under Part A of the scheme accrue  only  if  they  remain  continuously  employed  with  the  same establishment for at least six months.

By  directly  linking  incentives  to  the  sustained  employment,  the scheme  promotes  job  stability,  formalization  of  workforce,  enhanced employability, and reduction in early attrition.

Also,  NCS  has  been  integrated  with  Mentor  Together,  an  online mentoring  platform  that  provides  career  guidance  and  mentorship  to jobseekers to improve retention and career progression.

Further, the Ministry has entered into MoUs with reputed employers and  recruitment  platforms,  including  APNA,  Swiggy,  Rapido,  Zomato, Amazon, TCS iON, Quikr, FoundIt (Monster) and Cygnus Ujala Group of Hospitals,  among  others,  to  strengthen  employer  participation  and expand  employment,  skilling  and  career  guidance  opportunities  for jobseekers through the National Career Service (NCS) Portal.

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