Lok Sabha Question No. 2664 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2016-03-14
Subject: Career Development Centres
Ministry: LABOUR AND EMPLOYMENT
Asked by: KAMAKHYA PRASAD TASA

## MINISTRY OF LABOUR AND EMPLOYMENT

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA LOK SABHA

## UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 2664

TO BE ANSWERED ON 14 TH  MARCH, 2016

## CAREER DEVELOPMENT CENTRES

## 2664.  SHRI KAMAKHYA PRASAD TASA:

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

- (a) whether  Government  proposes  to  transform  employment  exchanges  into Career Development Centres in the country;
- (b) if so, the details thereof;
- (c) whether  the  Government  proposes  to  consider  the  request  submitted  by various States including the State of Assam for financial assistance for the same; and
- (d) if so, the action taken thereon, State-wise?

## MINISTER OF STATE (IC) FOR LABOUR AND EMPLOYMENT

## ANSWER (SHRI BANDARU DATTATREYA)

- (a) & (b):  The Government has decided to convert Employment Exchanges into Career Centres for providing counseling services to the jobseekers along with other employment related assistance in collaboration with the state government under National Career Service (NCS) Project. Guidelines for Career Centres have been circulated to States for adoption. Further, the NCS Project has  a  digital  portal  (www.ncs.gov.in)  that  provides  nation  wide  employment opportunities for jobseekers and employers and is backed by a dedicated multilingual helpdesk for assisting users.
- (c) & (d): The Government has considered the proposals submitted by the states including the state of Assam for financial assistance for transforming Employment  Exchanges  to  Model  Career  Centres.  The  state  wise  details  of these centres are at Annex'I'.

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## Annex-I referred to in reply to part (c) & (d) of the Lok Sabha Unstarred Question No. 2664 for answer on 14.03.2016

## List of Employment Exchanges to be converted to Model Career Centres

| S.No   | State/UT                    | Location of the Employment Exchange   |
|--------|-----------------------------|---------------------------------------|
| 1      | Assam                       | Guwahati                              |
| 2      | Assam                       | Jorhat                                |
| 3      | Assam                       | Haflong                               |
| 4      | Assam                       | Silchar                               |
| 5      | Assam                       | Nagaon                                |
| 6      | Andaman and Nicobar Islands | Port Blair                            |
| 7      | Andhra Pradesh              | Chittoor                              |
| 8      | Andhra Pradesh              | Anantapur                             |
| 9 10   | Bihar                       | Muzaffarpur                           |
|        | Bihar                       | Patna                                 |
| 11     | Bihar                       | Bhagalpur                             |
| 12     | Chhattisgarh                | Durg                                  |
| 13     | Chhattisgarh                | Bastar                                |
| 14     | Chhattisgarh                | Bilaspur                              |
| 15     | Chhattisgarh                | Ambikapur                             |
| 16     | Delhi                       | R.K.Puram                             |
| 17     | Goa                         | Panaji                                |
| 18 20  | Gujarat                     | Vadodara                              |
| 19     | Gujarat                     | Surat                                 |
|        | Gujarat                     | Bhavnagar                             |
| 21     | Gujarat                     | Mehsana                               |
| 22     | Gujarat                     | Rajkot                                |
| 23     | Haryana                     | Hisar                                 |
| 24     | Himachal Pradesh            | Una                                   |
| 25     |                             | Shimla                                |
| 26     | Jammu and Kashmir           | Samba                                 |
| 27     | Jharkhand                   | Ranchi                                |
| 28     | Karnataka                   | Mysuru                                |
| 29     | Karnataka                   | Hasan                                 |
| 30     | Karnataka                   | Hubli                                 |
| 31     | Lakshwadeep                 | Kavaratti                             |
| 32     | Maharashtra                 | Yavatmal                              |
| 33     | Meghalaya                   | Shillong                              |
| 34     | Meghalaya                   | Tura                                  |

| 35                | Gwalior           |
|-------------------|-------------------|
| 36                | Shivpuri          |
| 37                | Bhopal            |
| Madhya Pradesh 38 | Jabalpur          |
| 39                | Sagar             |
| 40                | Indore            |
| 41                | Rewa              |
| 42                | Ujjain            |
| 43 Nagaland       | Kohima            |
| 44 Odisha         | Sambalpur         |
| 45                | Dhenkanal         |
| 46                | Rourkela          |
| 47                | Cuttack           |
| 48 Puducherry     | Puducherry        |
| 49 Punjab         | Bathinda          |
| 50 Rajasthan      | Kota              |
| 51                | Bikaner           |
| 52                | Bharatpur         |
| 53                | Hyderabad         |
| Telangana 54      | Warangal          |
| 55 Tripura        | Agartala          |
| 56                | Dharmnagar        |
| 57                | Coimbatore        |
| Tamil Nadu 58     | Vellore           |
| 59                | Lucknow           |
| Uttar Pradesh 60  | Ghaziabad         |
| 61                | Meerut            |
| 62                | Moradabad         |
| 63 Uttarakhand    | Dehradun          |
| 64                | Udham Singh Nagar |
| 65 West Bengal    | Kolkata           |
| 66                | Asansol           |