**Policy Summary: Employment Opportunities for Youth in Haryana**
The Government of India, through the Ministry of Labour and Employment, is implementing various schemes to generate employment and improve the employability of youth in Haryana. This initiative was addressed in Lok Sabha Unstarred Question No. 3672 on August 11, 2025.
Key schemes and programs include:
* Prime Minister's Employment Generation Programme (PMEGP)
* Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Scheme (MGNREGS)
* Deendayal Antyodaya Yojana-National Rural Livelihoods Mission (DAY-NRLM)
* Deen Dayal Upadhyaya Grameen Kaushalya Yojana (DDUGKY)
* Rural Self Employment and Training Institutes (RSETIs)
* Deendayal Antyodaya Yojana-National Urban Livelihoods Mission (DAY-NULM)
* PM Street Vendor's AtmaNirbhar Nidhi (PM SVANidhi)
* Pradhan Mantri Mudra Yojana (PMMY)
* Start Up India
Detailed information on these schemes is available at https:dge.gov.indgeschemesprogrammes.
The Ministry operates the National Career Service (NCS) Portal (www.ncs.gov.in), a digital platform providing career-related services, including job postings from public and private sectors, information on job fairs, job search assistance, career counseling, vocational guidance, and skill development courses.
As part of the NCS scheme, four Model Career Centres (MCCs) have been established in Haryana to connect local youth with job opportunities through technology, career counseling, and training. These MCCs act as hubs for organizing job fairs and providing career counseling. As of July 10, 2025, over 4.25 lakh vacancies in Haryana have been mobilized on the NCS Portal.
The government has also approved the Employment Linked Incentive (ELI) Scheme, named Pradhan Mantri Viksit Bharat Rozgar Yojana, to support employment generation, enhance employability, and improve social security, with a special focus on the manufacturing sector.
Key Entities Referenced
Haryana: A state in India, the focus of the employment opportunities question.
Ministry of Labour and Employment: The Indian government ministry responsible for labour and employment policies and programs.
Prime Ministers Employment Generation Programme PMEGP: An employment generation scheme implemented by the Government of India.
Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Scheme MGNREGS: An employment generation scheme implemented by the Government of India.
Deendayal Antyodaya Yojana National Rural Livelihoods Mission DAY NRLM: An employment generation scheme implemented by the Government of India.
Deen Dayal Upadhyaya Grameen Kaushalya Yojana DDUGKY: An employment generation scheme implemented by the Government of India.
National Career Service NCS Portal: A one-stop solution for providing career-related services by the Ministry of Labour and Employment.
Pradhan Mantri Viksit Bharat Rozgar Yojana: An Employment Linked Incentive Scheme to support employment generation.
GOVERNMENT OF INDIA
MINISTRY OF LABOUR AND EMPLOYMENT
LOK SABHA
UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 3672
TO BE ANSWERED ON 11TH AUGUST, 2025
EMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITIES FOR YOUTH OF HARYANA
3672. KUMARI SELJA:
Will the Minister of LABOUR AND EMPLOYMENT be pleased to state:
(a) whether the Government has formulated any scheme to provide
employment opportunities to youth in Haryana; and
(b) if so, the details of the schemes and their implementation?
ANSWER
MINISTER OF STATE FOR LABOUR AND EMPLOYMENT
(SUSHRI SHOBHA KARANDLAJE)
(a) to (b): Employment generation coupled with improving employability
of youth is a priority of the Government. Accordingly, Government is
implementing various employment generation schemes/ programmes in
the country including in the State of Haryana. These inter-alia include
Prime Minister’s Employment Generation Programme (PMEGP), Mahatma
Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Scheme (MGNREGS),
Deendayal Antyodaya Yojana- National Rural Livelihoods Mission (DAY-
NRLM), Deen Dayal Upadhyaya Grameen Kaushalya Yojana (DDU-GKY),
Rural Self Employment and Training Institutes (RSETIs), Deen Deendayal
Antyodaya Yojana-National Urban Livelihoods Mission (DAY-NULM), PM
Street Vendor’s AtmaNirbhar Nidhi (PM SVANidhi), Pradhan Mantri Mudra
Yojana (PMMY), Start Up India, etc. The details of various employment
generation schemes/programmes being implemented by the Government
may be seen at https://dge.gov.in/dge/schemes_programmes.
Ministry of Labour and Employment, Government of India, is
running the National Career Service (NCS) Portal which is a one-stop
solution for providing career related services including information on
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].One of the objectives of the NCS scheme is setting up of Model
Career Centres (MCCs). The Ministry had approved 4 MCCs in the State
of Haryana. These centres connect local youth and other job-seekers
with job opportunities through the use of technology as well as career
counselling and training. As such these Model Career Centres (MCCs)
act as a hub for organising job fairs, mobilising the employers, providing
career counselling at local level etc. in collaboration with States and
other institutions for the jobseekers and employers through outreach
activities.
As on 10.07.2025, more than 4.25 lakh vacancies have been
mobilised on NCS Portal in the State of Haryana.
In addition, the Government has approved the Employment Linked
Incentive (ELI) Scheme named as the Pradhan Mantri Viksit Bharat
Rozgar Yojana to support employment generation, enhance
employability and social security across all sectors, with special focus
on the manufacturing sector.
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