Rule 55: Establishment and maintenance of career centre
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Rule 55 — Governs establishment and maintenance of career centre and the rights, duties, powers or procedure expressly stated in this rule. Key operative text: (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…
Social Security (Central) Rules, 2026 were finally notified under G.S.R. 344(E), 8 May 2026. The Central Rules must be read with the Code and any later amendment/corrigendum.
Finin2min analysis — operative rule mechanics
Operative clauses
- (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;
- (e) employability enhancement activities; and (f) other services as may be decided by the appropriate Government from time to time.
Provisos / explanations
- 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).
Thresholds & timelines
- No explicit day/month/year/hour/percentage/rupee expression was detected in this rule text.
Mapped Code sections
Full notified text — Rule 55
55. Establishment and maintenance of career centre.– (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).Application and evidence
- Primary statutory test — (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.
- Additional operative limb — Until such notification is made, existing local Employment Exchanges and Central Employment Exchanges shall function as career centres (Regional) and career centres (Central) respectively.
- Qualification / exception to test — 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).
- Code Section mapping — 139. Read the mapped provision together with this text rather than treating the concordance as a substitute for it.
- Evidence file — retain facts and records proving the role/status of: Employee / worker, Appropriate Government, Central Government, State Government, Authority / officer.
Cross-references & prescribed forms
Sections cited/mapped
Forms
No form is directly mapped in the current rule register.
Worked example
For a worker/member seeking a benefit connected with establishment and maintenance of career centre, the file should show coverage, service/contribution facts, the rule/scheme and prescribed form, and the calculation/payment. One statutory point to test is: “(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.” Also test the express qualification/proviso before concluding the result. Reconcile the mapped Code Section(s) 139.
Illustrative only. Use the exact notified rule, prescribed form and competent authority.
Q&A — Rule 55
What is Rule 55 of the Social Security (Central) Rules, 2026?
Rule 55 — Governs establishment and maintenance of career centre and the rights, duties, powers or procedure expressly stated in this rule. Key operative text: (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…
What does Rule 55 require or permit?
A principal operative clause extracted from the notified rule is: “(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.” Read it with all sub-rules and provisos below.
Does Rule 55 contain a proviso or explanation?
Yes. One extracted qualification is: “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).”
What deadline, period, percentage or amount appears in Rule 55?
No explicit day/month/year/hour/percentage/rupee expression was detected in this rule text.
Which Code sections are linked to Rule 55?
The current concordance maps Rule 55 to Section(s) 139.
When did Rule 55 come into force?
The final Central Rules were notified as G.S.R. 344(E), 8 May 2026; Rule 1 states that the Rules come into force on publication. Check any later amendment or corrigendum before reliance.
Primary sources
Social Security (Central) Rules, 2026 — official Gazette PDF ↗
Code on Social Security, 2020 — India Code ↗
Source check: 20 August 2026.