Industries want Haryana to reconsider the 75% job quota bill for private sector residents. (File)
Chandigarh:
Haryana’s industries and multinational companies want the government to reconsider the recently approved bill which reserves 75% of jobs, with a monthly salary of less than Rs 50,000, for local residents.
They say the new bill, which allows companies to hire labor from other states only after government approval, would make it difficult to find candidates with the right skills on time. Pointing to the bureaucratic bureaucracy, they added that it could even force companies to move their base to states with friendlier policies.
“In Gurgaon, IT and IT service companies employ around 4-5 lakh per year and provide indirect jobs for another 6-7 lakh. The bill will not only have an impact on large multinational companies, but pressure on start-ups who plan to set up their units in Gurgaon. They could move to a state with favorable laws, ”said Vinod Sood, member of the NASSCOM IT trade association.
However, those working in the labor market seem excited about the prospect, even though the bill has yet to get the governor’s approval.
“I took to the street to request a reservation in 2016 (Jat commotion). A complaint was filed against me and I was acquitted, but I lost precious years in the meantime. The state government’s decision will help the young population of Haryana, ”said Amit, from the unemployed Kaithal Kumar district.
At 33.5%, Haryana has one of the highest unemployment rates, which rose further after the coronavirus quit.
With the bill, the state government is seen as trying to convince young people who have been promised 75% jobs by the ruling constituent, the Jannayak Janata party, ahead of the 2019 Assembly polls. .
“We have passed this law which will help our young men and women find employment in Haryana. We made this decision after consulting the private sector,” said Deputy Chief Minister and JJP Chief Dushyant Chautala.
Organizations representing private sector companies, however, are not impressed that this would impact the ease of doing business.
“On the one hand, Prime Minister Modi is working to increase the ease of doing business and, on the other hand, Haryana, governed by the BJP, is enacting laws that disadvantage the industry,” Sood said.
Some JJP lawmakers also question whether the reserve is the only way to increase employment opportunities and whether such quotas would even help achieve the desired outcome.
“You can make any number of laws, but the point is that even to harvest the crops, we have to get people from Bihar and other states,” JJP lawmaker Ram Kumar Gautam said.
The bill reserving 75 percent of jobs for locals applies to all businesses, corporations, trusts, state enterprises with more than 10 employees. It dictates that no company can hire a new person until it has uploaded information on the number of positions with salaries below Rs 50,000 and on the number of positions occupied by locals.
