**Executive Summary**
The document is an answer to Unstarred Question No. 2305 in Lok Sabha, concerning job fairs held in Sonipat and Hisar Lok Sabha Constituencies. It provides details on the number of job fairs conducted, candidates shortlisted, and government initiatives to enhance employability. The answer was due on December 15th, 2025.
**Key Points / Main Content**
* **Job Fairs and Shortlisted Candidates:**
* 197 job fairs were held in Haryana (including Sonipat and Hisar Lok Sabha Constituencies) in the last three years.
* 3706 candidates were shortlisted.
* **Employability Enhancement Initiatives:**
* The NCS Portal offers online employability and digital skill enhancement programmes, and self-paced career skills programmes.
* The NCS Portal is integrated with Skill India Digital Hub (SIDH) for skilling, reskilling, and upskilling opportunities.
* The government is implementing the Employment Linked Incentive (ELI) Scheme (Pradhan Mantri Viksit Bharat Rozgar Yojana) to support sustained employment generation.
* The scheme's outlay is Rs 99,446 Crore to incentivize the creation of more than 3.5 Crore jobs over 2 years.
* The scheme comprises two parts (A and B) and provides financial incentives linked to sustained employment.
* Incentives accrue only if employment is sustained for a minimum of six months.
* **Partnerships and Collaborations:**
* NCS has been integrated with Mentor Together for career guidance and mentorship.
* The Ministry has entered into MOUs with various employers and recruitment platforms to strengthen employer participation and expand opportunities through the NCS Portal.
**Impact Analysis**
**Jobseekers/Youth**
* **Impact:** Enhanced employability, access to digital skills and career skill programmes, increased job opportunities through job fairs and NCS portal, mentorship opportunities, and potential for incentives under the ELI scheme.
* **Action Required:** Utilize the resources offered by the NCS portal and SIDH, participate in available programmes and mentorship opportunities, and seek sustained employment to benefit from ELI scheme incentives.
**Employers**
* **Impact:** Opportunity to participate in job fairs and the NCS Portal, potential incentives under the ELI scheme for sustained employment of new hires, access to skilled workforce through partnerships with training platforms.
* **Action Required:** Explore participation in the NCS Portal, leverage the ELI scheme for incentivizing sustained employment, and collaborate with the Ministry and training partners to find suitable candidates.
**Government/Ministries/Departments**
* **Impact:** Required to organize regular job fairs. Responsible for implementing and overseeing the ELI Scheme, promoting NCS Portal, and maintaining relationships with employers and training organizations.
* **Action Required:** Continue organizing job fairs, effectively manage and promote the ELI Scheme, further develop the NCS Portal with SIDH, and nurture partnerships to provide job opportunities.
Key Entities Referenced
Ministry of Labour and Employment: The government ministry responsible for labour and employment-related policies and initiatives.
National Career Service (NCS) Portal: A platform for job seekers offering employability enhancement programs, digital skill enhancement programs, and career skill development.
Pradhan Mantri Viksit Bharat Rozgar Yojana: An Employment Linked Incentive (ELI) scheme to support sustained employment generation, enhance employability and social security across all sectors, with special focus on the manufacturing sector.
Haryana State: Location where Job Fairs were held.
Skill India Digital Hub (SIDH): An online training platform for jobs and entrepreneurial opportunities, integrated with the NCS Portal.
GOVERNMENT OF INDIA
MINISTRY OF LABOUR AND EMPLOYMENT
LOK SABHA
UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 2305
TO BE ANSWERED ON 15TH DECEMBER, 2025
JOB FAIRS
2305. SHRI SATPAL BRAHAMCHARI:
SHRI JAI PARKASH:
Will the Minister of LABOUR AND EMPLOYMENT be pleased to state:
(a) the details of the number of job fairs held in Sonipat and Hisar Lok
Sabha Constituencies during the last three years and the number
of participants along with the total number of selected candidates
who actually joined the jobs offered to them;
(b) whether any assessment has been made by the Government on
the stability of employment, pay and skill upgradation of the youth
appointed after the said fairs and if so, the details thereof; and
(c) whether the Government proposes to introduce new measures
such as participation of more reputed companies, skill-based
screening and post-placement digital tracking to improve the
effectiveness of the said Job Fairs and if so, the details thereof?
ANSWER
MINISTER OF STATE FOR LABOUR AND EMPLOYMENT
(SUSHRI SHOBHA KARANDLAJE)
(a) to (c): Job fair is one of the steps towards fulfilment of the
Commitment of the Government to accord highest priority to
employment generation amongst youth. Regular Job Fairs are being
organized under various schemes by the State Governments/ Ministries/
Departments etc.
A total of 197 job fairs were held in Haryana State (including
Sonipat and Hisar Lok Sabha Constituencies) during the last three years
in which 3706 candidates have been shortlisted.
To enhance the employability, digital and career skills of
jobseekers and empower & equip youth (including the youth appointed
after the job fairs) with an array of essential employable skills, NCS
Portal inter-alia offers online employability enhancement programmes,
digital skill enhancement programmes and self-paced career skillprogrammes. NCS portal is integrated with Skill India Digital Hub (SIDH)
that is specially designed and developed to skill, reskill and upskill
individuals through an online training platform for jobs and
entrepreneurial opportunities. The integration of NCS Portal with SIDH
has paved the way for the skilled jobseekers on SIDH to avail the
benefits of NCS Portal and the jobseekers of NCS to avail the skilling
services offered by SIDH.
In addition, the Government is implementing Employment Linked
Incentive (ELI) Scheme named as the Pradhan Mantri Viksit Bharat
Rozgar Yojana to support sustained employment generation, enhance
employability and social security across all sectors, with special focus
on the manufacturing sector. The scheme with an outlay of Rs 99,446
Crore aims to incentivize the creation of more than 3.5 Crore jobs in the
country, over a period of 2 years.
The scheme comprises two components (Part A and Part B) and
provides financial incentives linked to sustained employment.
Under Part B of the scheme, incentives to employers accrue only when
additional employment is sustained for a minimum period of six months.
Similarly, incentives to first-time employees under Part A of the scheme
accrue only if they remain continuously employed with the same
establishment for at least six months.
By directly linking incentives to the sustained employment, the
scheme promotes job stability, formalization of workforce, enhanced
employability, and reduction in early attrition.
Also, NCS has been integrated with Mentor Together, an online
mentoring platform that provides career guidance and mentorship to
jobseekers to improve retention and career progression.
Further, the Ministry has entered into MoUs with reputed employers
and recruitment platforms, including APNA, Swiggy, Rapido, Zomato,
Amazon, TCS iON, Quikr, FoundIt (Monster) and Cygnus Ujala Group of
Hospitals, among others, to strengthen employer participation and
expand employment, skilling and career guidance opportunities for
jobseekers through the National Career Service (NCS) Portal.
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