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GOVERNMENT OF INDIA
MINISTRY OF LABOUR AND EMPLOYMENT
LOK SABHA
STARRED QUESTION NO.*317
TO BE ANSWERED ON 10TH AUGUST, 2026
NCS INFRASTRUCTURE IN ANDHRA PRADESH
*317. SHRI Y S AVINASH REDDY:
Will the Minister of LABOUR AND EMPLOYMENT be pleased to state:
(a) whether the Government is aware of the alleged irregularities in the
Mega DSC-2025 teacher recruitment examination in Andhra
Pradesh and their impact on the delayed absorption of qualified
youth into the workforce and if so, the details thereof;
(b) whether the National Career Service (NCS) portal data for the last
two years indicates rising job-seekers' distress in Andhra Pradesh;
and
(c) if so, whether the current NCS infrastructure of the State is
adequately scaled up to address the said crisis?
ANSWER
MINISTER OF LABOUR AND EMPLOYMENT
(DR. MANSUKH MANDAVIYA)
(a) to (c): A Statement is laid on the Table of the House.
*STATEMENT REFERRED TO IN REPLY TO LOK SABHA STARRED
QUESTION NO. 317 DUE FOR REPLY ON 10.08.2026 BY SHRI Y S
AVINASH REDDY REGARDING “NCS INFRASTRUCTURE IN ANDHRA
PRADESH”
(a) to (c): Education being a subject in the Concurrent List of the
Constitution, the majority of schools in the country are under the
administrative control of the respective State Governments and Union
Territory Administrations. Accordingly, matters relating to recruitment,
service conditions and deployment of teachers fall within the
administrative domain of the concerned States/UTs.
Ministry of Education advises every State and UT to follow a
transparent, robust and preferably online system of teachers'
recruitment and transfer. Further, to bring transparency, fairness and
credibility to public examinations, and to deter irregularities, the Public
Examinations (Prevention of Unfair Means) Act, 2024, as amended from
time to time, has been enacted by Parliament. The Statement of Objects
and Reasons, in the Public Examinations (Prevention of Unfair Means)
Bill, 2024, clearly provided that the Bill shall serve as a model draft for
States to adopt at their discretion.
Further, official estimates of employment and unemployment in
India are derived from the Periodic Labour Force Survey (PLFS),
conducted by the Ministry of Statistics and Programme Implementation
since 2017–18.
As per latest PLFS report 2025, the estimated Worker Population
Ratio (WPR) indicating employment on usual status for persons of age 15
years and above has increased from 55.8% in 2024 to 58.3% in 2025, in
the State of Andhra Pradesh.
The National Career Service (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] to all stakeholders across the country.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 (including 30 MCCs in Andhra Pradesh).
Further, as on date, 31 States/UTs (including Andhra Pradesh) have
been integrated with the NCS portal including 8 States/UTs which are
directly using NCS Portal.
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.
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