Dushyant’s much-hyped pvt sector quota bill not tabled in assembly
CHANDIGARH: The much-hyped bill to provide 75% reservation in private sector jobs to Haryana candidates was not tabled in the budget session of the Haryana assembly, creating uncertainty over its future.
Though chief minister Manohar Lal Khattar told the House that the government was committed to providing 75% reservation in private sector jobs to Haryana youngsters, he did not make a mention of enacting a legislation to enforce it.
The private sector job quota bill did not even figure among the nine bills tabled in the assembly on Wednesday, the last day of the budget session.
Tom-tommed by deputy CM Dushyant Chautala, the move is a poll promise of the Jannayak Janta Party (JJP), the coalition partner of the BJP in the state.
CM Khattar had recently appeared non-committal on the prospect of enacting a law to provide such reservation. The BJP’S central high command, however, is not much convinced with the private sector quota move. BJP ministers have made statements in both Lok Sabha and Rajya Sabha, supporting affirmative action to make people employable instead of reservation.
The Haryana cabinet had on January 31 deferred a proposal
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to approve the draft private sector quota bill and referred it to the law secretary for vetting following prolonged deliberations among the cabinet members.
“The draft bill is being finetuned. There are a number of legal issues which need to be sorted out,” said an official familiar with the matter.
The move to introduce reservation for local youth in privatesector jobs is on the lines of the law enacted by YS Jaganmohan Reddy government in Andhra Pradesh. The proposal, though, has potential to upset the investors. In Andhra too, the move has been termed regressive, officials said.
Khattar had on February 7 made a reference to hiring unskilled workers by the industry while talking about the private job quota, thus indicating that the proposed reservation could only for the unskilled workers.
“It will not be mandatory for the industry and enterprise to implement the quota. Also, if the industry was not able to get 75% workers from Haryana, they will be at liberty to hire from outside the state,” the CM had said.
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