Employment services to go online

Team Herald

PANJIM: With several government departments moving towards digital transformation, the Department of Labour has, in a major decision, has announced discontinuation of manual registration of employments card.

Hereafter, services rendered under Employment Exchange service manual related to registration, renewal, additional, submission and placement will be offered online. 

“The government is transforming the manual service rendered by Employment Exchange on Online Portal (www. goa-online.gov.in) and is committed to ensure that the services rendered under Employment Exchange service manual related to registration/renewal/additional/submission/placement are offered online, thereby eliminating the manual process in interest of jobseekers/career aspirants,” a notification issued by the department said. 

“Henceforth, the employment card issued by Department of Labour and Employment, generated through online portal shall be treated as jobseekers/employment registration card. The ongoing manual registration of Jobseekers/Employments Card shall stand discontinued with effect from the date of publication of the Notification in Official Gazette,” it added.  

The existing valid employment card will remain in force till February 28, 2019. The notification further states that data of all the registrants of Employment Exchange, Goa, have been migrated on the portal and it needs to be activated by the registrants with valid Employment Card number by February 28, 2019. To avoid duplicity and to maintain the authenticity of data, Aadhar Card number is mandatory to get enrolled on the Portal.

The notification further states that the card should be compulsorily obtained to secure placement in the government as well as semi-government institutions and statutory bodies.