Jobs listed on govt portal rise 3x to 10.9 mn in FY24

Jobs listed on the government's job portal rose three-fold to 10.9 million in FY24 from 3.48 million in 2022-23, official data showed.

This was the highest vacancy mobilisation by the National Career Service portal in any year since its launch in 2015.

The number of jobseekers shortlisted through the portal, which is maintained by the labour and employment ministry, increased 53% to 8.72 million in FY24 as against 5.72 million in FY23.


"The annual data for last year shows a surge in listing of jobs, which is a sign of a booming economy," a senior government official said.

The highest number of vacancies were listed in the finance and insurance sector at 4.66 million in 2023-24, compared to 1.99 million in 2022-23. This was followed by operations and support jobs at 1.44 million in FY24 (0.37 million in FY23), civil and construction sector at 1.17 million (9,396), other service activity at 1.07 million (0.35 million) and manufacturing at 0.68 million (0.11 million), the data showed.

As per the data, 6.88 million jobs posted were for 12th pass job seekers, 2.70 million for 10th pass and below, 0.73 million for graduates, 0.40 million for ITI and diploma holders and 60,531 jobs for postgraduate and above job seekers, indicating more demand for low-skilled and low-paid jobs.