Haryana Local Candidates Act; IF HARYANA CAN DO IT, WHY NOT ASSAM?

STAFF REPORTER

GUWAHATI: The Haryana Cabinet will be passing an ordinance to reserve 75 per cent private sector jobs for locals. If they can do why Assam cannot… Apart from it, the same policy should apply to business also.

The Haryana Cabinet on Monday cleared a proposal to draft an ordinance for reserving 75 per cent private sector jobs for residents of the State.

The Haryana State Employment of Local Candidates Ordinance, 2020, "to address the aspect of unemployment of the local population on a priority basis", will be placed before the Council of Ministers in its next meeting.

The draft of the Ordinance, that will be brought before the Council of Ministers in its next meeting will provide for75 per cent of the new employment to be given to local candidates for jobs having salary of less than Rs 50,000 per month in various privately-managed companies, societies, trusts, limited liability partnership firms, partnership firms etc., situated in the State.

Employers will have the option to recruit local candidates from one district for only 10 per cent of the vacancies. Exemption shall be provided if suitable local candidates are not available for a particular category of industry.

The Ordinance… will lead to equitable socio-economic development in the State and will also lead to skill development of the local candidates leading to their better employability and thus, will not only benefit the local population of Haryana but also encourage the employers for local recruitment, according to a report.

All private industries, units, firms and employment providers which would have more than 10 employees in its premises would be covered under the 'Haryana State Employment to Local Candidates Act'. These rules would apply to recruitment after the date of notification of this Ordinance.

A domicile certificate would be mandatory for candidates under this scheme, which would be implemented by the Labour department.

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