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?

The correct answer is B (2 only). The National Career Service was launched in July 2015 as one of the Mission Mode Projects under the National e-Governance Plan. Statement 2 captures that.

• Statement 1 is wrong. NCS is an initiative of the Ministry of Labour and Employment, not the Department of Personnel and Training. DoPT handles personnel policy and training for civil services, which is a different domain.
• Statement 2 is the mission-mode point, and it holds. The 'uneducated youth' wording is loose. NCS serves job seekers across education levels, offering job matching, career counselling and skill-linked services. The key treats the statement as correct, so the examiner's intent was the mission-mode status.

Core concept: NCS is a web-and-mobile platform connecting job seekers, employers and career centres, with the Directorate General of Employment as the nodal unit. For Mains GS-II and GS-III, link it to employability, skilling and the Skill India ecosystem.

Trap: candidates who recall DoPT as the nodal ministry for every e-governance or youth scheme pick A or C. Verify the ministry for each scheme separately.