Terms of Use

1. Purpose of the Portal

Yuva Udyoga Sethu is intended to facilitate genuine employment and recruitment activities by connecting verified Employers with Candidates. Employers may use the portal to create and maintain an organisation profile, post vacancies, search for suitable candidates, receive candidate recommendations, process applications, schedule interviews, issue offers, record joining and placement outcomes, and access other recruitment-related services made available through the portal.

2. Eligibility and Registration

An Employer shall provide the information required for registration and complete the applicable organisation and authorised-person verification processes prescribed for use of Yuva Udyoga Sethu.

The individual registering the organisation shall be duly authorised to act on behalf of the organisation and to undertake registration and recruitment-related activities through the portal.

The Employer shall not create a false, fictitious, duplicate or impersonated organisation profile or register an organisation without appropriate authority.

3. Organisation Verification

The Employer may be required to provide applicable organisation credentials and supporting information, including GSTIN, CIN or other applicable organisation-registration details, PAN, Udyam registration and other approved verification parameters.

The information and credentials provided by the organisation may be verified through authorised Government or approved sources for establishing the authenticity and eligibility of the organisation to use Yuva Udyoga Sethu.

Specific consent for such verification shall be obtained separately before the applicable verification process is initiated.

The Employer account may remain pending or restricted from specified activities until the required verification is successfully completed. The product requirements provide that unverified employers cannot publish live jobs.

4. Accuracy of Organisation Information

The Employer shall provide information and documents relating to the organisation, its legal constitution, registration, address, authorised representative and other particulars that are true and correct to the best of its knowledge.

The Employer shall take reasonable steps to keep its organisation information updated where there is a change.

False, misleading, fabricated or fraudulent information or documents may result in rejection, restriction, suspension or deactivation of the account and may be dealt with in accordance with applicable law.

5. Authority of Users

Access to the organisation's Yuva Udyoga Sethu account shall be provided only to persons authorised by the organisation.

The organisation shall be responsible for ensuring that persons using its account have appropriate authority to perform the functions available to them, including posting vacancies, accessing candidate information, updating recruitment status, scheduling interviews, issuing offers and confirming placements.

The Employer shall promptly update or withdraw the access of persons who are no longer authorised to represent the organisation.

6. Permitted Use of the Portal

The Employer shall use Yuva Udyoga Sethu only for genuine and lawful employment and recruitment-related purposes.

The portal shall not be used for any fraudulent, misleading, unlawful or unauthorised purpose.

7. Posting of Vacancies

The Employer shall post only genuine vacancies for which the organisation is authorised to recruit.

Information provided for a vacancy shall be accurate and not misleading and shall include, as applicable, the job role, job description, required qualifications and skills, experience, job location, employment type, remuneration or salary details, number of openings and other material employment conditions.

8. Vacancy Management

The Employer shall maintain accurate and current information relating to vacancies published through Yuva Udyoga Sethu.

Vacancies that have been filled, withdrawn, cancelled, expired or are otherwise no longer available shall not knowingly be represented as active employment opportunities.

Where the Employer materially changes a published vacancy, the revised information shall be accurate and authorised by the organisation. A vacancy-specific confirmation shall be obtained when such material changes are submitted.

9. Compliance with Applicable Laws

Recruitment and employment activities undertaken through Yuva Udyoga Sethu shall comply with applicable Central and State laws, rules, regulations and Government requirements.

Registration on Yuva Udyoga Sethu does not exempt the organisation from obtaining or maintaining any registration, licence, approval, permission or statutory compliance otherwise required under applicable law.

10. Fair and Genuine Recruitment

Vacancies posted and recruitment activities undertaken through Yuva Udyoga Sethu shall relate to genuine employment opportunities.

The Employer shall not use the portal for:

• fake or fraudulent recruitment;
• impersonation;
• collection of Candidate information under false pretences;
• publication of misleading employment opportunities;
• activities intended to deceive or defraud Candidates; or
• any other unlawful recruitment activity.

11. Fees and Payments from Candidates

The Employer shall not demand or collect any fee, deposit or payment from a Candidate by representing that such payment is required by Yuva Udyoga Sethu or the Government of Karnataka.

Any fee or payment connected with recruitment or employment shall be subject to applicable law and shall not be falsely represented as a fee, charge or payment levied by Yuva Udyoga Sethu or the Government.

12. Access to Candidate Information

Candidate information made available through Yuva Udyoga Sethu shall be accessed only for legitimate recruitment and employment-related purposes for which the information has been made available.

The Employer shall access only such Candidate information as is made available in accordance with the Candidate's applicable consent and the Employer's authorised role.

13. Candidate Search and Recommendations

Yuva Udyoga Sethu may provide candidate search, filtering, matching and recommendation facilities to eligible Employers.

Candidate search and recommendations shall be limited to Candidates and profile information that the Employer is authorised to access under applicable consent, visibility and portal access rules.

Recommendations provided by the portal are intended to assist recruitment and shall not replace the Employer's responsibility for reviewing and making recruitment decisions. The portal's AI-assisted recommendations are not intended to make autonomous hiring or rejection decisions.

14. Confidentiality and Protection of Candidate Information

The Employer shall take reasonable measures to protect personal information of Candidates accessed or received through Yuva Udyoga Sethu against unauthorised access, disclosure, misuse, alteration or loss.

The Employer shall not disclose or transfer Candidate information to an unauthorised person or entity.

15. Prohibition on Unauthorised Commercial Use of Candidate Information

The Employer shall not sell, commercially distribute, publish, scrape, harvest or otherwise misuse Candidate profiles, contact information, résumés/CVs or other personal information obtained through Yuva Udyoga Sethu.

16. Downloading Candidate Information

Where the portal permits download of a Candidate's résumé/CV, profile or application information, such information shall be downloaded only for a genuine recruitment requirement of the organisation and shall be used only for the concerned recruitment purpose.

17. Sharing Candidate Information with Authorised Service Providers

Where permitted, Candidate information may be shared with an authorised recruitment agency or service provider supporting the organisation's recruitment process only where the recipient is appropriately authorised and only to the extent required for the concerned recruitment activity.

The Employer shall remain responsible for ensuring that such sharing is permitted and consistent with the applicable purpose, consent, authorisation and data-protection requirements.

18. Communication with Candidates

The Employer shall contact Candidates whose information is made available through Yuva Udyoga Sethu only for legitimate recruitment and employment-related purposes and in accordance with the permissions and facilities provided by the portal.

The Employer shall not send misleading, irrelevant, unlawful or unauthorised communications to Candidates using information obtained through the portal.

19. Invitations to Apply

Where the Employer invites a Candidate to apply for a vacancy, the invitation shall relate to a genuine and active vacancy.

An invitation to apply shall not be represented as confirmation that the Candidate has been shortlisted, selected or offered employment.

A vacancy-specific declaration shall be obtained from the Employer before the invitation is sent.

20. Applications and Recruitment Status

The Employer shall maintain accurate recruitment-related information on Yuva Udyoga Sethu.

Where the portal provides functionality for application review, shortlisting, rejection, interview, selection, offer, hiring and joining status, the status entered by the Employer shall accurately represent the current stage of the candidate for the specified vacancy.

21. Interviews

The Employer may use Yuva Udyoga Sethu to schedule in-person or virtual interviews for candidates in relation to specified vacancies.

The Employer shall ensure that the interview information entered on the portal, including the applicable date, time, mode and location or online meeting information, is accurate.

22. Recording of Interviews

Interviews should not be recorded by default.

Where an interview is proposed to be recorded, the Candidate shall be informed that recording is proposed and shall be informed of the purpose of recording.

Recording shall commence only after the required specific consent has been obtained from the Candidate.

23. Job Offers

Only a person duly authorised by the organisation shall issue an employment offer through Yuva Udyoga Sethu.

The Employer shall ensure that the offer relates to the specified vacancy and that the designation, place of work, remuneration, employment type, proposed date of joining and other employment conditions stated in the offer are true and correct.

A separate declaration shall be obtained immediately before issuing the offer.

24. Revision or Withdrawal of Job Offers

Where an employment offer is revised, the person making the revision shall be authorised by the organisation and the revised terms shall be true and correct.

Where an offer is withdrawn, the person withdrawing the offer shall be appropriately authorised and the status and reason recorded on the portal shall be correct.

The applicable confirmation shall be obtained at the time of revising or withdrawing the offer.

25. Joining and Placement

Acceptance of a job offer by a Candidate does not by itself establish that the Candidate has joined the organisation.

Where the Employer confirms joining and placement, it shall ensure that the candidate has actually joined against the specified vacancy and that the joining date and placement particulars entered on the portal are true and correct to the best of its knowledge.

Where a selected candidate does not join, the Employer shall update the applicable non-joining status accurately.

26. Vacancy Closure

Where a vacancy has been filled or is being withdrawn or cancelled, the Employer shall update the vacancy accordingly.

Before closing the vacancy, the Employer shall update the recruitment status of candidates against that vacancy to the extent applicable.

The applicable closure reason shall be correctly selected and confirmed through the portal.

27. Account and Access Security

The Employer shall ensure that access to the organisation's Yuva Udyoga Sethu account is limited to authorised persons.

The organisation shall be responsible for maintaining the confidentiality of login credentials and other authentication information associated with its account.

Any suspected unauthorised access or misuse shall be promptly reported through the mechanism provided on the portal.

28. Prohibited Activities

The Employer shall not:

• impersonate another organisation or person;
• provide false or fabricated information or documents;
• post fraudulent, misleading or unlawful vacancies;
• misuse Candidate information;
• attempt unauthorised access to another user's account or restricted areas of the portal;
• introduce malicious software or interfere with the security or functioning of the portal;
• use automated or other means to collect Candidate information in an unauthorised manner; or
• use the portal for any activity prohibited by applicable law.

29. Privacy and Processing of Organisation Information

Information provided by the Employer during registration and use of Yuva Udyoga Sethu shall be handled in accordance with the applicable Privacy Notice and applicable law.

Such information may be processed for approved purposes including account creation, organisation verification, administration, recruitment-related services, security, grievance redressal and other purposes stated in the applicable Privacy Notice.

Acceptance of these Terms of Use shall not be treated as blanket consent for activities for which specific consent is required. Where specific consent is required, it shall be obtained separately at the appropriate stage.

30. Data Protection and Data Sharing

Candidate and organisation information accessed, processed or shared through Yuva Udyoga Sethu shall be limited to the information required for the approved purpose.

Information shall not be shared with third parties except where authorised, permitted under the applicable portal process or otherwise permitted by law.

Where third-party or partner sharing is permitted, it shall be subject to applicable purpose, authority, minimisation, access-control and audit requirements.

31. Cooperation in Organisation and Vacancy Verification

The Employer shall provide reasonable information, supporting documents or clarification sought through the authorised mechanism of Yuva Udyoga Sethu in relation to:

• verification of the organisation;
• verification of the authorised representative;
• vacancies posted by the organisation;
• complaints or grievances relating to the organisation's use of the portal; or
• suspected misuse of the portal.

32. Complaints and Grievances

The Employer may use the grievance or support facility made available through Yuva Udyoga Sethu for operational, technical or recruitment-related issues.

Where the organisation is required to respond to a complaint or grievance, the response and supporting information submitted by the organisation shall be true and correct to the best of its knowledge.

33. Monitoring and Audit

Activities performed through the Employer account, including organisation verification, vacancy publication, candidate access, recruitment decisions, interview scheduling, offers and placement-related actions, may be recorded and audited as part of portal governance and security controls.

The portal requirements provide for attributable and auditable employer verification, job lifecycle transitions, application decisions and sensitive-data access.

34. Suspension, Restriction or Deactivation of Account

The organisation's access to Yuva Udyoga Sethu may be restricted, suspended or deactivated, subject to applicable policy and law, in cases involving:

• false or misleading organisation information;
• fabricated or fraudulent documents;
• fraudulent or misleading vacancies;
• impersonation;
• misuse of Candidate information;
• unauthorised commercial use of Candidate data;
• security violations;
• unauthorised activities; or
• violation of these Terms of Use.

35. Availability of Services

The availability of specific Yuva Udyoga Sethu services may depend on organisation-verification systems, Government integrations, third-party services and applicable Government policies.

Features may be modified, enhanced or temporarily unavailable due to maintenance, technical issues, integration failures, security requirements or other operational requirements.

36. Changes to Terms of Use

These Terms of Use may be revised from time to time in accordance with applicable law, Government requirements, or changes to the services provided through Yuva Udyoga Sethu.

Where a material revision requires renewed acceptance, the revised Terms of Use may be presented to the Employer for acceptance before continued use of the applicable services.

37. Applicable Laws and Government Requirements

Use of Yuva Udyoga Sethu shall be subject to applicable laws, Government policies, authorised programme requirements and directions issued by the competent authorities from time to time.

The Employer shall remain responsible for compliance with all legal and regulatory requirements applicable to its organisation, recruitment activities and employment relationships.

1. What this policy covers

This policy describes how Yuva Udyoga Sethu handles information. The portal is run for the Skill Development, Entrepreneurship & Livelihood Department, Government of Karnataka.

2. Browsing without an account

You can read open vacancies without an account. The portal does not ask for your name or address merely to browse. If you choose to give information, it is used only to fulfil the request you made.

3. Technical details recorded on a visit

A visit may record technical details automatically: the domain and IP address of the connection, the browser and operating system, the date and time, the pages opened, files downloaded, and the site you came from, if any. This is used to see how many people use the portal and what technology they use, so the site can be made more useful. It is not used for commercial marketing. A visitor who is only browsing is not personally identified, except when a court directs it or the law requires it.

4. If you create an account or contact us

If you register, apply for a job, post a vacancy, or write to support, you provide personal information such as your mobile number, email address, name, profile, and the message or application itself. That information is used only to answer you and to run the portal: to create your account, show suitable jobs, send an application to the employer you chose, tell you about applications and shortlists, verify an employer, and keep the service working. It is not used to build profiles for commercial marketing. It is shared with another government agency only when your question is for that agency, with the employer when you apply, with the services that send your OTP, email, or alerts, and when the law requires it. A message you send is not added to a mailing list and is not disclosed for any other purpose. Do not add personal details a form does not ask for. The portal does not store Aadhaar numbers or PAN numbers. If a question asks whether you have one, only your yes or no answer is stored.

5. Cookies

A cookie is a small data file a website places on your browser. Yuva Udyoga Sethu uses functional cookies only: one so you can stay signed in, one to remember English or Kannada, and one to record that you accepted these terms when you signed in. They are not used to recognise you for advertising, and they are not used to build a marketing profile. The sign-in cookie lasts until you sign out or the session ends. The language cookie remembers your choice on this device.

6. Website security

To keep the portal available to everyone, to block unauthorised access, and to stop information being damaged or changed, the portal uses security software and manages traffic. Except for a court or another lawful authority, no attempt is made to identify a person who is only browsing. No unauthorised person may add or change information on the portal. That can have legal consequences under the Information Technology Act, 2000, including a penalty.

7. How long information is kept

Visitor logs are deleted on a regular schedule. Account information is kept while the account is active. Notifications in the portal expire after 7 days. A message you send is kept only as long as needed to reply and to keep a record of that request. When you delete your account, personal identifiers are erased or anonymised.

8. Your choices

From your account settings you can see your information, correct it, download a copy, or delete the account. Deleting the account withdraws consent to keep using your personal data for the portal.

9. Questions

If you are unsure about this policy, or you want to ask about your information, use Help on the portal.