Computerisation of Employment Exchanges

The Union Labour & Employment Minister Shri Mallikarjun Kharge has informed the Lok Sabha about the number of Employment Exchanges State-wise functioning in the country including West Bengal and said the same is placed at   Annex  I.

The Minister said as per available information, number of computerized Employment Exchanges State-wise including in West Bengal is at   Annex  II.

Upgradation and Modernization of the Employment Exchanges has been taken up as one of the Mission Mode Project (MMP) under National-e-Governance Plan   (NeGP) of Government of India as a Centrally Sponsored Scheme.

Under the project, a national web portal is proposed to be developed which will work like a virtual job market.  This will contain all the data regarding availability of skilled persons, on the one hand and requirement of skilled persons by the industry, on the other.  It will help youth in getting suitable placement and enable industry to procure required skills on real time basis.

The Minister was replying to a written question regarding the total number of employment exchanges in the country.

Annex-I































































































































































































Sl. No.STATE/ UTNUMBER OF EMPLOYMENT EXCHANGES
1ANDHRA PRADESH

31


2ARUNACHAL PRADESH

11


3ASSAM

52


4BIHAR

37


5CHHATTISGARH

18


6DELHI

14


7GOA

1


8GUJARAT

41


9HARYANA

56


10HIMACHAL PRADESH

15


11JAMMU AND KASHMIR

17


12JHARKHAND

41


13KARNATAKA

40


14KERALA

89


15MADHYA PRADESH

58


16MAHARASHTRA

47


17MANIPUR

11


18MEGHALAYA

12


19MIZORAM

3


20NAGALAND

8


21ORISSA

40


22PUNJAB

46


23RAJASTHAN

38


24SIKKIM *
25TAMIL NADU

34


26TRIPURA

5


27UTTARAKHAND

24


28UTTAR PRADESH

92


29WEST BENGAL

73


30A. & N. ISLANDS

1


31CHANDIGARH

2


32D. & N. HAVELI

1


33DAMAN AND DIU

2


34LAKSHADWEEP

1


35PUDUCHERRY

1


TOTAL                                  962

Statement showing the number of Employment Exchanges State-wise including West Bengal functioning in the country. 


Annex-II


Statement showing number of computerized Employment Exchanges State-wise including West Bengal.































































































































































































Sl. No.Name of the State/Union Territory

No. of Employment Exchanges/UEIGBs computerized



1


Andhra Pradesh

31



2


Arunachal Pradesh

--



3


Assam

--



4


Bihar

3



5


Chhattisgarh

16



6


Delhi

14



7


Goa

1



8


Gujarat

41



9


Haryana

23



10


Himachal Pradesh

14



11


Jammu & Kashmir

---



12


Jharkhand

1



13


Karnataka

18



14


Kerala

32



15


Madhya Pradesh

1



16


Maharashtra

47



17


Manipur

1



18


Meghalaya

--



19


Mizoram

--



20


Nagaland

--



21


Orissa

29



22


Punjab

2



23


Pondicherry

1



24


Rajasthan

-



25


Tamil Nadu

35



26


Tripura

-



27


Uttar Pradesh

60



28


Uttarakhand

24



29


West Bengal

72



30


Andaman and Nicobar Islands

1



31


Chandigarh UT

2



32


Dadra and Nagar Haveli

1



33


Daman and Diu

1



34


Lakshadweep

1



35


Sikkim

-



Total



472



 

Source: PIB

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