Haryana Cabinet Approves Draft of Ordinance Mandating 75% Quota For Locals in Private Jobs: Deputy CM Dushyant Chautala
Haryana Deputy Chief Minister Dushyant Chautala on Monday said the state cabinet has approved a draft proposal on 75 percent quota for locals in private jobs.
Chandigarh, July 6: Haryana Deputy Chief Minister Dushyant Chautala on Monday said the state cabinet has approved a draft of an ordinance mandating 75 percent quota for locals in private jobs. "Historic day for youths. Our government has approved the draft of the ordinance mandating the recruitment of 75% youth from the state in private jobs in Haryana," Dushyant Chautala tweeted. The issue of reservation for locals in private jobs in Haryana had been discussed by the state cabinet in February this year and Dushyant Chautala was asked to make a draft proposal. The move is on the lines of the law enacted by YS Jaganmohan Reddy government in Andhra Pradesh.
Chautala’s Jannayak Janta Party (JJP), during the 2019 assembly election campaign, promised 75 percent reservation for Haryana residents in private jobs. The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) in its assembly poll manifesto had also made a near similar commitment of giving a special incentive to industries providing over 95percent jobs to the local residents. The state government already has similar job quota provisions in place which were hardly enforced. Haryana Schools to Re-Open From July 27 Only for Teachers, Not for Students, Clarifies Education Minister Kunwar Pal Gujjar.
Quota For Locals in Private Jobs: Haryana Cabinet Approves Draft of Ordinance, Says Deputy CM
"The BJP-JJP coalition government was committed to providing 75 percent of the jobs to the youth of the State,” Chautala had said after the state cabinet authorised him to bring a proposal. However, a few days later, Chief Minister Manohar Lal Khattar had cast doubt over the proposal, saying he can neither respond in the affirmative nor the negative. Chautala was sitting next to Khattar when he made the remark.
The Andhra Pradesh government had in July last year passed Andhra Pradesh Employment of Local Candidates in Industries/Factories Act, 2019, to reserve 75 percent jobs for local youths in various private sectors. Under the Act, 75 percent jobs in industrial units, factories, joint ventures and projects set up under public-private partnership mode are reserved for locals.
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