Parliament Question: NCS Portal

GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF LABOUR AND EMPLOYMENT LOK SABHA STARRED QUESTION NO.*217 TO BE ANSWERED ON 03RD AUGUST, 2026 NCS PORTAL *217. SMT. KAMALJEET SEHRAWAT:

SHRI PRATAP CHANDRA SARANGI:

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

(a) the details of the Memorandum of Understandings (MOUs) signed by the Government with private and Government partners to improve the service offering of the National Career Service (NCS);

(b) the list of upgraded features and actual employment generated under the NCS portal;

(c) the details of the role played by Model Career Centres (MCCs) in promoting the usage of NCS portal;

(d) whether all the State Employment Exchanges/State Career Services have been digitised and integrated with the NCS portal; and

(e) if so, the details thereof? ANSWER MINISTER OF LABOUR AND EMPLOYMENT (DR. MANSUKH MANDAVIYA)

(a) to (e): A Statement is laid on the Table of the House. *STATEMENT REFERRED TO IN REPLY TO LOK SABHA STARRED QUESTION NO. *217 DUE FOR REPLY ON 03.08.2026 BY SMT.

KAMALJEET SEHRAWAT AND SHRI PRATAP CHANDRA SARANGI REGARDING “NCS PORTAL”

(a) to (e): The Ministry has signed several Memoranda of Understanding

(MoUs) with public and private employers/portals/platforms to strengthen public–private partnerships to expand employment opportunities for jobseekers. Till date, more than 40 MoUs have been signed with partners such as APNA, Swiggy, Rapido, Zomato, Amazon, TCS iON, Quikr and FoundIt (Monster), among others. These partnerships facilitate the integration of employment opportunities and services with the NCS Portal, including vacancy aggregation, organisation of job fairs, skill development programmes, career counselling and other employment- related support services.

NCS portal is also integrated with various Government portals such as Udyam, eShram, Skill India Digital Hub, EPFO, ESIC, MHRD, DigiLocker, etc. and has linkages with Government recruitment bodies like Union Public Service Commission, Staff Selection Commission, Agricultural Scientists Recruitment Board, Railway Recruitment Boards etc.

The NCS Portal has been upgraded to a cloud-based, open- architecture platform, and its enhancement is a continuous and dynamic process. Improvements and updates are undertaken in line with evolving requirements, leveraging the latest available technologies. These upgrades include integration with various public and private job and skill portals, enhanced AI-powered features (including intelligent job matching, AI skill gap analysis, personalized job recommendations, AI interview coach, multilingual support through Bhasini, etc), cloud-based applications for jobseekers and employers, robust verification mechanisms, and the launch of a mobile application to improve accessibility and user experience.

The NCS Portal brings together Jobseekers and employers on one platform to facilitate job opportunities and career related services to the Jobseekers of the country. However, notifying final hiring figures is not a mandatory requirement on NCS portal.The NCS project also, inter alia, envisaged setting up of Model Career Centres (MCCs) through transformation of Employment Exchanges in the country to deliver career related services such as organizing online/ offline job fairs, mobilize the employers, provide online/ offline career counselling at local level etc. in collaboration with State and other institutions to the jobseekers and employers through outreach activities. Till date, the Government has approved 407 Model Career Centres (MCCs), which also includes 370 Employment Exchanges, that have been upgraded as MCCs.

Further, as on date, 31 States/UTs have been integrated with the NCS portal including 8 States/UTs which are directly using NCS Portal. *****