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.

As on 20.01.2026, more than 78.86 lakh jobseekers and more than 12.36 lakh employers are registered on NCS portal during the FY 2025-26. Further, more than 3.43 crore vacancies have been mobilised on NCS Portal during the FY 2025-26.

The NCS project also inter alia, envisaged setting up of Model Career Centres (MCCs) in collaboration with States/Institutions to deliver employment services. Till date the Government has approved 407 Model Career Centres across the country.

Further, a module on NCS Portal facilitates the approved career counsellors to provide career counselling and guidance services. As on 20.01.2026, more than 1180 career counsellors have onboarded on NCS Portal and till date more than 55 Lakh online/ offline career guidance sessions have been conducted nationwide.

To enhance the employability, digital and career skills of jobseekers and empower & equip youth with an array of essential employable skills, NCS Portal inter-alia offers online employability enhancement programmes, digital skill enhancement programmes and self-placed career skill programme. 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 to avail the skilling services offered by SIDH.

In order to increase awareness and enhance reach of NCS portal regular Social Media posts are released about the availability of services and vacancies on NCS portal. NCS monthly e-newsletters are released to create awareness about new development and activities of NCS. Besides, the Model Career Centres established at the States/UTs regularly conduct various outreach activities viz. workshops, awareness/ orientation programmes for the stakeholders.

This information was given by the Minister of State for Labour and Employment Sushri Shobha Karandlaje in written reply to a question in Rajya Sabha today.

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