Lok Sabha Question No. 3385 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2015-08-10
Subject: National Career Councelling Centres
Ministry: LABOUR AND EMPLOYMENT
Asked by: ADHIR RANJAN CHOWDHURY, R. PARTHIPAN, PRATHAP SIMHA

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA

## MINISTRY OF LABOUR AND EMPLOYMENT LOK SABHA

## UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 3385

## TO BE ANSWERED ON 10 TH  AUGUST, 2015

## NATIONAL CAREER COUNSELLING CENTRES

3385.   SHRI ADHIR RANJAN CHOWDHURY:

SHRI R. PARTHIPAN: SHRI PRATHAP SIMHA:

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

- (a) whether  the  Government  is  working  on  a  new  scheme  of  national  career counseling centres/ career service portal and if so, the detail thereof:
- (b) the  manner  in  which  these  centres/  portal  will  help  in  reducing  demandsupply gap of workforce in the country and the mechanism to link them with employment exchanges:
- (c) whether the Government has any proposal to amend some of the labour and employment laws to remove hindrances in the creation of new jobs and if so, the  salient  features  of  the  proposed  amendment  and  if  not,  the  reasons therefore: and
- (d) the  steps  taken  by  Government  to  protect  the  interests  of  workers  in  the country under the proposed amendment?

## ANSWER

## MINISTER OF STATE (IC) FOR LABOUR AND EMPLOYMENT (SHRI BANDARU DATTATREYA)

(a) &  (b):  The  Ministry  is  implementing  the  National  Career  Service  (NCS) Project as a Mission Mode Project for transformation of the National Employment  Service  to  provide  a  variety  of  employment  related  services  like career  counselling,  vocational  guidance,  information  on  skill  development courses,  apprenticeship,  internships,  etc.  To  provide  these  service  online,  a National Career Service Portal has been developed. The NCSP is supported by Call Centre/Helpdesk and a network of delivery channels including employment exchanges. The State  Employment Exchanges have access to NCS Portal to get updated information about job-seekers, employees career counselling, training and placements made etc.

(c) & (d): There are various legislations to protect the interest of labourers and reform  of  laws  is  an  ongoing  process  to  make  them  relevant  to  the  changing needs. The salaries/wages of employees covered under the Minimum Wages Act, 1948,  Payment  of  Wages  Act,  1936  and  Equal  Remuneration  Act,  1976  in  the companies are protected by the provisions of these Acts. Equal Remuneration Act,  1973  provides  for  payment  of  equal  remuneration  to  men  and  women workers for the same work or work of similar nature without any discrimination. The Factories Act, 1948 and The Occupational Safety and Health Act, 2006 also has provisions for safety of workers in the factories.

In order to ensure social security to the workers in the unorganised sector, the Government has enacted the Unorganised Workers' Social Security Act, 2008.

The second National Commission on Labour had recommended that the existing Labour  Laws  should  be  broadly  grouped  into  four  or  five  Labour  Codes  on functional  basis.  Accordingly,  the  Ministry  has  taken  steps  for  drafting  four Labour Codes on Wages, Industrial Relations, Social Security & Welfare: Safety & Working Conditions respectively, by simplifying, amalgamating and rationalizing the relevant provisions of the Central Labour Laws.

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