That’s Tamil Nadu with more than 80 lakh registrations with employment exchanges in first nine months of 2015, as against Gujarat which had only 6.88 lakh registrations. These five states accounted for 60 per cent (2.71 crore) registrations with the employment exchanges in 2015. The NCS project was enhanced in 2016-17 to include a component for providing part funds for improving the infrastructure in employment exchanges and for organising job fairs. As per latest data, a total of 997 employment exchanges have been functioning across states and Union Territories in the country. Uttar Pradesh topped the list of states with 99 employment exchanges, followed by Kerala (89 employment exchanges), West Bengal (77), Haryana (59), Assam (52), Madhya Pradesh (49), Gujarat (48) Punjab (47), Chhattisgarh (47) and Maharashtra (47).

Source: Indian Express July 26, 2017 00:01 UTC