Parliament Question: Status of Functional Employment Exchanges and MCCs

GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF LABOUR AND EMPLOYMENT LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 1279 TO BE ANSWERED ON 27TH JULY, 2026 STATUS OF FUNCTIONAL EMPLOYMENT EXCHANGES AND MCCS 1279. SHRI APPALANAIDU KALISETTI: Will the Minister of LABOUR AND EMPLOYMENT be pleased to state: (a) the details of the total number of Employment Exchanges/Model Career Centres (MCCs) currently operational in the country, State/UT-wise; (b) the total number of job-seekers registered with Employment Exchanges/MCCs during each of the last five years and current year, year and State/UT-wise, along with district-wise for Andhra Pradesh; (c) the details of the total sanctioned strength and actual number of personnel working in Employment Exchanges/MCCs, indicating their designation/job in the country, State/UT and role-wise; (d) the total number of Government and Private vacancies notified through Employment Exchanges/MCCs in the country during the said period, year, State/UT and sector-wise; (e) the details of the number of candidates placed in Government and Private sectors during the last five years and current year in the country, sector, year and State/UT-wise; and (f) whether the Government has undertaken any review or impact assessment regarding share of placements facilitated in Private sector through Employment Exchanges/MCCs and if so, the details thereof? ANSWER MINISTER OF STATE FOR LABOUR AND EMPLOYMENT (SUSHRI SHOBHA KARANDLAJE) (a) to (f): Government is implementing National Employment Service through a network of Employment Exchanges. Employment is the joint concern of the Central and State Government. Centre formulates policies, standards and procedures for operating employment exchanges whereas administrative and financial control of Employment Exchanges lies with the respective State/UT Government.Ministry of Labour and Employment is running the National Career Service (NCS) Portal for transformation of the National Employment Service. 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]. As on 15.07.2026, there are 1008 Employment Exchanges in the country. Further, under the NCS project, the Government has approved 407 Model Career Centres (MCCs), which also includes 370 Employment Exchanges, that have been upgraded as MCCs. State/UT-wise details of the number of Employment Exchanges and Model Career Centres may be seen at https://dge.gov.in/sites/default/files/2024-05/Directory_of_EEX.pdf and https://www.ncs.gov.in/User_Manuals/List_of_Model_Career_Centers.pdf respectively. The State/UT-wise, district-wise and year-wise details of jobseekers registered, and number of vacancies mobilized on NCS portal (including through Employment Exchange/ MCCs) across the country may be seen at https://www.ncs.gov.in/_layouts/15/ncsp/ViewStaticReport.aspx Further, 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. *****