Govt. job fairs see offers fall, applicants increase
The Hindu
28,227 of the 31,727 candidates given final offer letters in 2020-2021 were from Uttar Pradesh
The number of employment offers given through job fairs organised by the Labour and Employment Ministry decreased from 86,822 in 2019-2020 to 31,727 in 2020-2021, according to the Ministry’s data provided to the Rajya Sabha on Wednesday. To a question by Biju Janata Dal MP Amar Patnaik, Minister of State for Labour and Employment Rameswar Teli ’s written reply said the number of active job-seekers registered with the National Career Service portal had increased from 1.03 crore in 2019-2020 to 1.04 crore in 2020-2021. “Notifying final hiring figures is not a mandatory requirement on NCS portal. However, till July 18, 2021, 86.13 lakh vacancies have been mobilised on NCS since the launch of the portal on 20-07-2015 including the vacancies in public and private sector. (sic),” the reply said.
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