Parliament Question: Upgradation and Impact of NCS Portal

GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF LABOUR AND EMPLOYMENT LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 227 TO BE ANSWERED ON 20TH JULY, 2026 UPGRADATION AND IMPACT OF NCS 227. SHRI CHAVDA VINOD LAKHAMSHI: SMT. SMITA UDAY WAGH: SHRI BIDYUT BARAN MAHATO: SHRI DHAVAL LAXMANBHAI PATEL: DR. BHOLA SINGH: SHRI KALI CHARAN SINGH: SHRI SURESH KUMAR KASHYAP: SHRI BIBHU PRASAD TARAI: SHRI DILESHWAR KAMAIT: DR. NISHIKANT DUBEY: SHRI HASMUKHBHAI SOMABHAI PATEL: SHRI MADHAVANENI RAGHUNANDAN RAO: SHRI NABA CHARAN MAJHI: Will the Minister of LABOUR AND EMPLOYMENT be pleased to state: (a) Whether the Government has integrated advanced technologies, artificial intelligence and other digital features in order to make the National Career Service (NCS) portal more user-friendly, accessible and effective and if so, the details thereof; (b) the total number of Model Career Centres (MCCs) currently operational and their role in promoting to the NCS portal uses along with MCCs registered job seekers, employers and employment opportunities provided in the country, State/UT- wise particularly Shimla and Jalgaon Lok Sabha constituencies; (c) whether the Government proposes to implement any special action plan to enhance employment opportunities and launch a single-window digital platform integrating employment, skilling and career guidance services in the country and if so, the details and the timeline thereof, State/UT-wise, especially in Shimla Lok Sabha Constituency; (d) whether the NCS Portal is providing AI-powered skill assessment, job matching algorithms and forecasting of future skill requirements and if so, the details thereof; and(e) whether the NCS portal uses Artificial Intelligence, metadata and other advanced technologies to improve job matching and employment outcomes and if so, the details thereof? ANSWER MINISTER OF STATE FOR LABOUR AND EMPLOYMENT (SUSHRI SHOBHA KARANDLAJE) (a) to (e): 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. NCS has been upgraded to cloud-based, open architecture which enables skill providers, other private portals, start-ups, ed-techs, HR- tech companies, local enterprises, etc. to build their own applications, services, and solutions using open APIs, open standards, and interoperable protocols of NCS portal. The NCS project also inter alia, envisaged setting up of Model Career Centres (MCCs) in collaboration with States/Institutions to deliver career related services. Till date the Government has approved 407 Model Career Centres across the country. State/UT-wise details of the number of Model Career Centres including in the State of Rajasthan may be seen https://www.ncs.gov.in/User_Manuals/List_of_Model_Career_Centers.pdf The State/UT-wise and district-wise details of jobseeker and employer registered, and number of vacancies mobilized on NCS portal (including through MCCs) across the country may be seen at https://www.ncs.gov.in/_layouts/15/ncsp/ViewStaticReport.aspx Further, NCS portal provides AI-enabled features like intelligent job matching, AI skill gap analysis, personalized job recommendations, AI interview coach, multilingual support through Bhasini, etc. *****