Haryana govt passes bill to give 75 per cent job quota in private sector for local people

Chandigarh, Nov 6 (KNN) In a significant move, the Haryana Assembly has passed a bill to give 75 per cent job reservation in the private sector to the locals from the state.

The Haryana State Employment of Local Candidates Bill, 2020 which was introduced by the Haryana Deputy Chief Minister Dushyant Chautala, provides job quota for local people in the private sector with a salary offer of less than Rs 50,000 per month. It applies to private companies, societies, trusts, and partnership firms, among others, located in the state.

The bill states that only 10 per cent of the recruitment by a private company needs to be from the district in which it is located while the rest of the quota can be filled from other districts of the state. The quota will initially apply for 10 years.

It defines local candidates as those domiciled in the state. For domicile status, a person should be born in Haryana or have lived there for at least 15 years. The bill provides for training to eligible local candidates when qualified people are not available.

The bill provides for training to eligible local candidates when qualified people are not available.

Giving 75 per cent reservation in private sector jobs was a key poll promise by Chautala’s Jannayak Janta Party, which is the BJP’s coalition partner in the state.