The Ministry is implementing the National Career Service Project (NCSP) to provide a variety of career related services in the country like job matching, career counselling, vocational guidance, information on skill development courses etc. There is a network of career counsellors on the National Career Service (NCS) Portal for providing the quality counselling services to the job seekers/candidates registered on the portal.  Further, career counselling and vocational guidance is also provided through Model Career Centres that have been established in various District Employment Exchanges and institutions under the National Career Service Project.  Till 30th June 2022, 1,57,989 counselling sessions have been booked/provided through NCS to help the jobseekers in making appropriate job choices.

This information was given by the Minister of State for Labour & Employment, Shri Rameswar Teli in a written reply in  Rajya Sabha today.

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