The Parliamentary Standing Committee on Labour has said publishers and broadcasters of such advertisements may also be held accountable for publishing or broadcasting them.
"The committee is of the view that there is an urgent need for a central enforcement machinery and formulation of a comprehensive law for regulating these (unscrupulous) agencies," it said.
Spurious advertisements dressed up as job opportunities have cost job seekers dearly in the past. More so such advertisements are day-to-day feature of many newspapers, it observed.
Labour Secretary deposing before the committee said he would discuss with the I&B Ministry a system to screen ads for electronic media and deliberate with the Overseas Indian Affairs Ministry about agencies sending people abroad for employment.
Talking about private placement agencies, the committee also observed that some of them mislead the unemployed youth, collect money from them and vanish into thin air.
While the committee was informed that a comprehensive national employment policy by Labour and Employment Ministry was in the final stages of formulation, it felt the policy should also help job-seekers to have fair knowledge about availability of jobs in the market.
It also called for an extensive survey of employment opportunities and skills required in the unorganised sector which constitute 94 per cent of the workforce in the country.
"The committee, therefore, recommends that a comprehensive study of the unorganised sector and its needs be made and evaluated first and thereafter steps taken to enhance their employment skills," it said.
It also favoured providing allowance to registered unemployed youths across the country and also stressed on a strategy to attract private enterprises to notify their vacancies in job exchanges connected through a proposed national job portal.
The proposed web portal will connect all exchanges providing all employment-related information.