New Delhi,apr 27
After Covid introduced us to the practice of work from home, the Central government is working on the innovative idea of ‘job at your home town’.
If the initiative succeeds, first-time job seekers may no longer need to leave their native places or migrate to other cities for employment.
The Ministry of Labour and Employment is developing a system where job seekers will get options to filter jobs by location, sector, employer, pay scale, required skills, and other attributes, a government source told ANI.The department is mapping job data on the PM Gati Shakti portal. The Ministry’s National Career Service (NCS) portal functions as a digital marketplace connecting employers and job seekers – effectively aligning demand and supply in the job market.Currently, 41 lakh employers have registered on the platform, and over one crore potential job seekers are listed. In the 2024-2025 financial year alone, approximately 2.7 crore job vacancies have been posted.
By integrating PM Gati Shakti with the NCS portal, these employment opportunities can be geo-tagged. A dedicated mobile app would enable youth to search for nearby job opportunities within a 20-40 km radius. The app would allow filtering by multiple criteria, empowering young people who prefer staying near their hometowns to find suitable employment easily.
This system would particularly benefit first-time job seekers, those with limited skills, and individuals who aren’t yet highly employable, allowing them to earn while remaining within their own communities. The Ministry has been in discussions with Bhaskaracharya National Institute for Space Applications and Geoinformatics (BISAG) since last year to advance this initiative, aiming to provide a robust facility for youth in the coming year, he said.
