Lok Sabha Question No. 2118 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2015-08-03
Subject: Employment Exchange Portal for MSME Sector
Ministry: MICRO,SMALL AND MEDIUM ENTERPRISES
Asked by: ASADUDDIN OWAISI, ABHISHEK BANERJEE

GOVERNMENT OF INDIA

MINISTRY OF MICRO, SMALL AND MEDIUM ENTERPRISES

**LOK SABHA**

**UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 2118**

**TO BE ANSWERED ON  03.08.2015**

EMPLOYMENT EXCHANGE PORTAL FOR MSME SECTOR

2118.	 SHRI ASADUDDIN OWAISI:

SHRI ABHISHEK BANERJEE :

Will the Minister of MICRO, SMALL AND MEDIUM ENTERPRISES be pleased to state:

1. whether the Government has developed employment exchange portal for industries where job seekers can find employers and vice-versa and if so, the details thereof;

1. the number of people who have registered on the website till date, State / UT-wise;

1. whether this portal will also assist industry in getting skilled manpower in time for  urban and rural areas;

1. if so, the details thereof including the number of employers and job seekers benefitted therefrom both in urban and rural areas during the current year; and

1. the other steps taken / being taken by the Government to enhance its utility and access for skilled manpower in rural areas of the country?

**ANSWER**

MINISTER OF STATE IN THE MINISTRY OF

MICRO, SMALL AND MEDIUM ENTERPRISES

(SHRI GIRIRAJ SINGH)

1. Government has developed a portal “Employment Exchange for Industries” having URL: [www.eex.dcmsme.gov.in](http://www.eex.dcmsme.gov.in/) .

1. 2,90,966 persons have registered on the portal as at 3:53 pm of 28 th July, 2015. State / UT wise list is attached at Annexure-A.

1. Yes. Madam.

1. The portal has been launched on 15.06.2015 and no such data is available.

1. To enhance its utility and access for skilled manpower, the portal is being popularized through print and electronic media as well as by approaching industries / associations and pass out & current trainees of MSME Technology Centres.

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**Annexure-A**

**Annexure referred to in reply to part (b) of Lok Sabha Unstarred Question No. 2118 for  answer on 03.08.2015.**

(State / UT wise details of job seekers registered on Employment Exchange for Industries as at 3:53 pm of 28 th July 2015).

| **S.No.**   | **Name Of State/UT**   | **No. of  Jobseekers Registered**   |
|-------------|------------------------|-------------------------------------|
| 1.          | Andaman and Nicobar    | 6                                   |
| 2.          | Andhra Pradesh         | 18929                               |
| 3.          | Arunachal Pradesh      | 286                                 |
| 4.          | Assam                  | 7175                                |
| 5.          | Bihar                  | 7469                                |
| 6.          | Chandigarh             | 242                                 |
| 7.          | Chhattisgarh           | 1593                                |
| 8.          | Dadra and Nagar Haveli | 18                                  |
| 9.          | Daman and Diu          | 11                                  |
| 10.         | Delhi                  | 3985                                |
| 11.         | Goa                    | 169                                 |
| 12.         | Gujrat                 | 12965                               |
| 13.         | Haryana                | 2207                                |
| 14.         | Himachal Pradesh       | 684                                 |
| 15.         | Jammu and Kashmir      | 342                                 |
| 16.         | Jharkhand              | 14604                               |
| 17.         | Karnataka              | 3287                                |
| 18.         | Kerala                 | 1232                                |
| 19.         | Madhya Pradesh         | 11447                               |
| 20.         | Maharashtra            | 38080                               |
| 21.         | Manipur                | 169                                 |
| 22.         | Meghalaya              | 170                                 |
| 23.         | Mizoram                | 603                                 |
| 24.         | Nagaland               | 149                                 |
| 25.         | Orissa                 | 37310                               |
| 26.         | Pondichery             | 110                                 |
| 27.         | Punjab                 | 14397                               |
| 28          | Rajasthan              | 4253                                |
| 29.         | Sikkim                 | 247                                 |
| 30.         | Tamilnadu              | 11431                               |
| 31.         | Tripura                | 658                                 |
| 32.         | Uttar Pradesh          | 34883                               |
| 33.         | Uttarakhand            | 11357                               |
| 34.         |                        | 28261                               |
| 35          | Not mentioned          | 22237                               |
|             | **Total**              | **2,90,966**                        |

West Bengal