Aatamanirbhar Skilled Employee-Employer Mapping Portal (ASEEM Portal)

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ASEEM Portal- Relevance for UPSC Exam

GS Paper 2: Governance, Administration and Challenges- Government policies and interventions for development in various sectors and issues arising out of their design and implementation.

Ministry of Skill Development and Entrepreneurship has launched the Aatmanirbhar Skilled Employees Employer Mapping (ASEEM) portal, which acts as a directory of the skilled workforce.

About: The ASEEM Portal provides a platform that acts as a bridge for both employees and employers. The ASEEM Portal seeks to help skilled people find sustainable livelihood opportunities.
Objective: The key objective of the ASEEM Portal is to provide a platform that matches the supply of skilled workforce with the market demand.
- ASEEM Portal will facilitate better livelihood opportunities for youth and the availability of ready skilled manpower to employers.
Implementing Agency: ASEEM Portal is being managed by the National Skill Development Corporation (NSDC) under the aegis of the Ministry of Skill Development and Entrepreneurship.
- National Skill Development Corporation (NSDC) is also responsible for managing and maintaining all the data in order to maintain data sanity and data security.
Performance of ASEEM Portal:
- By end of July 2021, around 1.3 crore candidates were registered on the ASEEM portal which included directly registered candidates and the candidates registered on Skill India Portal (SIP).
- Also, at present, there is around 10 lakh migrant data/profiles are available on ASEEM.

ASEEM as such consists of three IT-based AI (artificial intelligence) driven interfaces for stakeholder interactions:

For Employees: A job application for individuals with access to hyper-local jobs using machine learning and automated match based on persona.
For Employers: A demand and campaign management system for employers to forecast the current and future demand.
Dashboard for Policy Makers: A management dashboard for analytics and insights. This could also be used for future decision-making.