Labour Ministry signs MoU with Zomato to list 2.5 lakh gig opportunities a year on the National Career Service portal
On 14 October 2025 in New Delhi, the Ministry of Labour and Employment signed an MoU with Zomato, which will list about 2.5 lakh flexible livelihood opportunities a year on the National Career Service portal under a new 'Aggregator' category.
Summary
On 14 October 2025 in New Delhi, the Ministry of Labour and Employment signed an MoU with Zomato in the presence of Union Minister Mansukh Mandaviya, to widen access to flexible, technology-enabled jobs through the National Career Service (NCS) platform. Under the new 'Aggregator' category, Zomato will list about 2.5 lakh flexible livelihood opportunities a year for delivery partners and gig workers. Mandaviya said the NCS portal, launched in 2015, has mobilised over 7.7 crore vacancies. Labour Secretary Vandana Gurnani noted that social security coverage rose from 19% in 2015 to 64.3% in 2025, reaching 94 crore citizens. In the past year the Ministry has signed MoUs with 14 organisations, including Amazon, Swiggy, Rapido and Zepto.
Key facts
- MoU
- MoLE – Zomato, 14 Oct 2025, New Delhi
- Platform
- National Career Service (NCS), launched 2015
- Zomato listings
- ~2.5 lakh opportunities a year, 'Aggregator' category
- NCS vacancies
- 7.7 crore+ mobilised
- Social security coverage
- 19% (2015) → 64.3% (2025), 94 crore people
- Other MoUs
- 14 in a year, incl. Amazon, Swiggy, Rapido, Zepto
Practice MCQs 2 questions
Under its October 2025 MoU with the Labour Ministry, about how many flexible livelihood opportunities will Zomato list annually on the National Career Service portal?
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Correct answer: B — 2.5 lakh
PIB: under the new 'Aggregator' category, Zomato will list around 2.5 lakh flexible livelihood opportunities annually on the NCS portal.
Consider the following statements made by the Labour Ministry in October 2025: 1. The National Career Service portal was launched in 2020 and has mobilised over 7.7 crore vacancies. 2. India's social security coverage rose from 19% in 2015 to 74.3% in 2025. Which of the statements given above is/are correct?
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Correct answer: D — Neither 1 nor 2
Neither is correct. PIB: the NCS portal was launched in 2015 (not 2020) and has mobilised over 7.7 crore vacancies; social security coverage rose from 19% in 2015 to 64.3% (not 74.3%) in 2025, reaching 94 crore citizens.