Consider the following in respect of ‘National Career Service’ :
- 1.National Career Service is an initiative of the Department of Personnel and Training, Government of India.
- 2.National Career Service has been launched in a Mission Mode to improve the employment opportunities to uneducated youth of the country.
Which of the above statements is/are correct ?
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Answer: D. Statement 1 is wrong: the National Career Service was launched in 2015 by the Ministry of Labour and Employment, not the Department of Personnel and Training. Statement 2 is wrong: it is a Mission Mode Project for all job seekers, offering job matching, counselling and skill information, not only for uneducated youth. So neither is correct.
Watch for: DoPT sounds like the natural home for anything about careers; it handles government staff, not general employment.
Why the other options are wrong
- A. Wrong because NCS belongs to the Ministry of Labour and Employment.
- B. Wrong because NCS serves all job seekers, not only uneducated youth.
- C. Wrong because both statements are false.
Source to check: National Career Service portal (ncs.gov.in); Ministry of Labour and Employment press release, July 2015 (pib.gov.in)
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