In India, unemployment allowance shall be provided to the candidates who have registered with employment offices with various norms.
Apply In-Person:

1. Eligible applicant shall approach their respective employment registration office where they have registered.
2. Please go to the respective Labour and Employment Office to consult with Mamlatdar about the unemployment allowance applying updated process.
3. Usually an educated unemployed applicant may give an application for the grant of unemployment allowance to the officer in-charge of the Labour and Employment Office where he/she is registered.
4. A duly completed application form may be sent by post or delivered personally at the employment exchange against a receipt.
5. The submitted application form and documents will be verified. If all are OK, authority will process the application and provide you with the receipt.Please keep it safe for future requirement.
6. The claim of Unemployment Allowance of the candidate will be forwarded to the concerned Treasury / applicable department office to process further.
7. Once approved, the amount gets credited in the bank account of the candidate as per norms..

Apply through Centres:

1. To apply for a Unemployment Allowance in Daman & Diu, the applicant shall visit the nearest CSC/Tehsil Centre. Find contacts to CSC centres in the link provided:Link
2. Procure the mandatory application form from the concerned centre and fill it up with the necessary details required for the certificate/card.
3. Make sure to attach all the "Required Documents" along with the application form before submission.
4. Provide authorized signatory and photograph, wherever applicable.
5. Make the requisite payment required for the process (if applicable).
6. Now, submit the application to the office of the concerned centre and obtain the acknowledgement slip.
7. After successful verification, the Allowance will be issued by the concerned authority.
8. Obtain the Allowance from the concerned CSC centre by showing the acknowledgement slip.

• Application form.
• Three specimen signatures, duly attested by a Gazetted Officer.
• Domicile certificate issued by a competent authority (As applicable)
• An affidavit duly attested by a Magistrate/ Oath Commissioner in support of his/her claim for unemployment allowance.
• A medical certificate from Medical Officer of Government hospital/ dispensary (to be furnished duly by blind, deaf and dumb &ortho applicants registered with the special Employment Exchange for Physically Handicapped persons, as applicable)
• Aadhaar card.
• Bank account details.
• Mobile number.
• e-mail ID.
• Passport size photograph of applicant (please take 5 copies).
• Certificate to prove the place of residence.
• Certificate to prove age.
• Certificate to prove caste, if they belong to reservation communities.
• In case of disabled persons, Medical Certificates to prove Disability.
• Any other document to claim benefits offered by respective state government as advised by authorities.
  

Note : Please show above mentioned documents in originaland attested copies thereof (to be submitted) at the time of applying.

Department of Labour & Employment U.T. Admin. Of Daman & Diu,
Nani Daman, Daman – 396210, India.
Ph:0260-2255059 (Labour & Employment) /0260-2254091 (CIF & B )
Email: lelidaman@gmail.com / cifb-dmn-dd@nic.in
For contact details : online link

• Different state has different norms for applying. The age limit, annual income of the family, registered candidate must be unemployed for a given period etc.
• Please follow respective employment exchange office for details.

Service is free.

Unemployed allowance will be given for a specified period of time.

Please attach documents which can be used by people who would like to follow this procedure.    

1. Name of the applicant (In Block letters):
2. Father’s Name (In respect of men and unmarried women):
3. Husband’s Name (In respect of married women):
4. Permanent address:
5. Name of Employment Exchange where registration is continuing:
6. Current Registration number allotted by the Exchange:
7. Occupation and N.C.O. in which registered.
8. Applicant’s educational qualifications:

   Qualifications ---- Date from which registered at the Exchange.

   • Matric or equivalent As Matric As Graduate
   • Graduate
9. Documents to be attached with the application form.
   • Three specimen signatures, dully attested by a Gazetted Officer.
   • Domicile Certificate issued by a competent authority
   • An affidavit duly attested by a Magistrate/ Oath Commissioner in support of his/her claim for unemployment allowance.
   • A Medical Certificate from Medical Officer of Government Hospital/ Dispensary(To be furnished duly by blind, deaf and dumb applicants registered with the special Employment Exchange for Physically Handicapped persons, Punjab, Chandigarh).
   • A certificate of being of Daman and Diu origin (To be furnished by blind, deaf and dumb applicants only).
   • Three passport size photographs of the applicant, “dully attested by a Gazetted Officer”.
     

Signature of applicant

As notified by the department authority.

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The eligible unemployed candidate who has registered with employment exchange can apply for this procedure.

• Name(as per certificate)
• Fathers name(as per certificate)
• Mobile number
• Address(as per Family card)
• Income related document as applicable.

• The Departments of Employment in various States of India allow unemployed educated youth residing in the respective States to pre-register for impending job vacancies occurring in different sectors of that State.
• Those who are registered with employment exchange and not provided employment are provided with allowance.
• Candidates who possess educational qualifications other than those of professional and executive standards can register their educational qualifications with the respective Employment Exchanges in their districts

• No candidate shall be allowed to register at more than one employment exchange
• Whenever government vacancies are announced, list of registered members with suitable educational profiles are forwarded to respective employers for consideration.

Please explain what are other uses of obtaining this document/certificate.
e.g. Birth Certificate can be used as proof of identity.

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