Selja highlighted that due to unemployment, the graph of drug addiction and crime is continuously rising in the state. (File photo)Union Minister of State of Labour and Employment Shobha Karandlaje on Monday said that 4.25 lakh job vacancies were reported from Haryana as on July 10, 2025, according to the National Career Service (NCS) portal.“The government has approved the Employment Linked Incentive (ELI) Scheme named as the Pradhan Mantri Viksit Bharat Rozgar Yojana to support employment generation, enhance employability and social security across all sectors, with special focus on the manufacturing sector,” the minister told the Lok Sabha.She was replying to a question by Congress’s Sirsa MP Kumari Selja whether the government has formulated any scheme to provide employment opportunities to the youth in Haryana. Selja had also sought details of the schemes and their implementation.Reacting to the reply, Selja said, “When the government itself admits that there are lakhs of vacancies, then why are these jobs not reaching the youth of Haryana? Unemployment has pushed the state’s youth toward despair, and this despair is fueling drug abuse and crime.”Selja highlighted that due to unemployment, the graph of drug addiction and crime is continuously rising in the state. The government is promoting schemes only on paper but has failed to provide employment at the ground level, she criticised.“The government should immediately begin the recruitment process for all pending vacancies, ensure transparency and timeliness in recruitment, and launch special employment and skill development campaigns in areas affected by drug abuse and crime. I would like to warn that if the government does not take concrete steps soon, the future of Haryana’s youth will be in serious jeopardy,” she said.In her response, the union minister stated that employment generation, coupled with improving the employability of youth, is a priority of the government. “Accordingly, the government is implementing various employment generation schemes/ programmes in the country, including in the State of Haryana. These inter-alia include Prime Minister’s Employment Generation Programme (PMEGP), Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Scheme (MGNREGS), Deendayal Antyodaya Yojana- National Rural Livelihoods Mission (DAY-NRLM), Deen Dayal Upadhyaya Grameen Kaushalya Yojana (DDU-GKY), Rural Self Employment and Training Institutes (RSETIs), Deen Deendayal Antyodaya Yojana – National Urban Livelihoods Mission (DAY-NULM), PM Street Vendor’s AtmaNirbhar Nidhi (PM SVANidhi), Pradhan Mantri Mudra Yojana (PMMY), Start Up India, etc. The details of various employment generation schemes/programmes being implemented by the government may be seen at https://dge.gov.in/dge/schemes_programmes,” Minister Shobha Karandlaje said.Story continues below this adThe Ministry of Labour and Employment is running the National Career Service (NCS) portal which is a one-stop solution for providing career related services, including information on jobs from private and government sectors, information on online and offline job fairs, job search and matching, career counselling, vocational guidance, information on skill development courses, skill/training programmes etc. through a digital platform www,ncs.gov.in, the minister stated.“One of the objectives of the NCS scheme is the setting up of Model Career Centres (MCCs). The ministry had approved 4 MCCs in Haryana. These centres connect local youth and other job-seekers with job opportunities through the use of technology as well as career counselling and training. As such, these MCCs act as a hub for organising job fairs, mobilising the employers, providing career counselling at the local level etc, in collaboration with states and other institutions for the jobseekers and employers through outreach activities”, the MoS said in the reply.Stay updated with the latest - Click here to follow us on Instagram© The Indian Express Pvt LtdTags:Haryana