(1) The appropriate Government may establish, run and maintain a career centre or modify and declare its already established office or employment exchange, or both or a portal or authorise any other such centre as career centre, by notification. Until such notification is made, existing local Employment Exchanges and Central Employment Exchanges shall function as career centres (Regional) and career centres (Central) respectively.

(2) The appropriate Government may also enter into an agreement with any institution, local authority, local body or private body for running a career centre.

(3) The career centres established under sub-rules (1) and (2) above shall, inter-alia, perform the following functions, namely:

(a) collection and furnishing of information, either by the keeping of registers or otherwise, manually, digitally, or virtually as may be notified by Central Government from time to time, relating to –

(i) persons who seek to employ employees;

(ii) persons who seek employment;

(iii) occurrence of vacancies; and

(iv) persons who seek vocational guidance and career counselling or guidance to start self-employment;

(b) providing career counselling and vocational guidance;

(c) organising job-fairs and job drives;

(d) employment related surveys and studies;

(e) employability enhancement activities; and

(f) other services as may be decided by the appropriate Government from time to time.

Explanation– For the purposes of this chapter, appropriate Government shall be Central Government for Career Centre (Central) and respective State Government for career centre (Regional).