Parliament Question: Accountability and Outcome Assessment of the NCS Portal

GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF LABOUR AND EMPLOYMENT LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 2442 TO BE ANSWERED ON 03RD AUGUST, 2026 ACCOUNTABILITY AND OUTCOME ASSESSMENT OF THE NCS PORTAL 2442. SHRI CHAVAN RAVINDRA VASANTRAO: Will the Minister of LABOUR AND EMPLOYMENT be pleased to state: (a) Whether it is a fact that, despite substantial public expenditure on the National Career Service (NCS) Portal, its conversion of registered job seekers into actual employment remains unsatisfactory; if so, the details thereof; (b) the State/UT-wise details of registered job seekers, vacancies, actual placements, placement ratio and inactive registrations during last three years; (c) whether the Government has conducted any independent third- party audit of the Portal’s AI-based job matching, skill prediction and employer verification systems to assess their accuracy, transparency and effectiveness; if so, the findings thereof; and (d) whether the Government proposes to fix accountability for poor placement outcomes and delays in establishing a fully integrated single-window employment platform; if so, the details thereof? ANSWER MINISTER OF STATE FOR LABOUR AND EMPLOYMENT (SUSHRI SHOBHA KARANDLAJE) (a) to (d) Government is implementing National Employment Service to facilitate job seekers and employers and to provide employment assistance services such as registration of job seekers, collection of vacancies from enterprises, vocational & counseling guidance, etc. National Employment Service has been transformed into National Career Service (NCS). The NCS Portal is a one-stop solution for providing career related services including jobs from private and government sectors, information on online & offline job fairs, job search & matching, career counselling, vocational guidance, information on skill development courses, skill/training programmes etc. through a digital platform [www.ncs.gov.in].More than 6.64 crore jobseekers are registered on the NCS portal since inception, of which 2.89 crore are active jobseekers as on 15.07.2026. Also, more than 10.05 crore vacancies have been mobilized on the portal since inception, of which 17.68 lakh are active vacancies as on 15.07.2026. The State/UT-wise details of jobseeker and employer registered, and number of vacancies mobilized on NCS portal across the country may be seen at https://www.ncs.gov.in/_layouts/15/ncsp/ViewStaticReport.aspx Notifying final hiring figures is not a mandatory requirement on NCS Portal. However, the job hiring data is available only to the extent as voluntarily reported by the employers. Improvements in the portal is a continuous and dynamic process. Changes/updations are planned as per the need of the hour using latest available technology as and when required. The updations of NCS portal includes integration with various job/skill portals (public/private), enhanced AI features, cloud-based web applications (for jobseeker and employer), robust verification mechanism, multilingual support, etc. The Government undertakes a systematic review and evaluation of all schemes and programmes before the commencement of each Finance Commission cycle to ensure their continued relevance, effectiveness, and alignment with evolving priorities. Further, Ministry has signed several MoUs with the private and public employers/ portals/ platforms to strengthen public-private partnerships for enhancing employment opportunities for all jobseekers. Till date more than 40 Memorandums of Understanding (MoUs) have been signed including MoUs with private partners such as APNA, Swiggy, Rapido, Zomato, Amazon, TCS iON, Quikr, FoundIt (Monster) etc. offering facilities such as job fairs listing, skill development programmes, career counselling etc. available on the NCS Portal. *****