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The Attached, Subordinate, Statutory/Autonomous Organisations of Ministry of Labour and Employment

3.3.1.2 National Career Service Centres (NCSC) for Differently Abled
The Directorate General of Employment (DGE) has been regularly working
towards enhancing employability of Differently Abled person through a network
of Twenty four (24) National Career Service Centres for Differently Abled (NCSC-
DA) across country. Out of these courses, one Centre at Vadodara has been set
up exclusively for women with disabilities. These centres provide People with
Disabilities (PwD) candidates non formal vocational training with a view to
integrate them in the economic mainstream and rehabilitate them.

3.3.2 National Employment Service

i. The National Employment Service is the joint concern of Central and
State Governments. The Employment Exchanges with State Directorates
of Employment including their other administrative offices together with
DGE (National Authority) is known as “National Employment Service”.

ii. The Employment Exchanges function under the direct administrative
and financial control of the respective State Governments/ UT
Administrations.
iii. The Employment Exchanges are mandated to facilitate job matching
between employment seekers and employers and to provide employment
assistance services such as registration of job seekers, collection of
vacancies from enterprises, submission of job-seekers against the notified
vacancies, campus recruitment, dissemination of information, vocational
& counselling guidance, etc.
iv. The Employment Exchanges have grown to more than 1005 at present, with
changes in their activities. They are being modernised and computerised.
v. Under NCS project, 400 Model Career Centers (MCCs) have been approved
for upgradation of Employment Exchanges.

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