Tuesday, January 19, 2010

[ZESTCaste] No govt commitment on quota in pvt sector: Wasnik

http://www.indianexpress.com/news/No-govt-commitment-on-quota-in-pvt-sector--Wasnik/569101

No govt commitment on quota in pvt sector: Wasnik

Express News Service Posted online: Tuesday , Jan 19, 2010 at 0354 hrs
New Delhi : Social Justice Minister Mukul Wasnik on Monday denied that
the government had committed on providing reservation in the private
sector and underlined that it was in favour of "affirmative action" on
the issue.
"The government has not made any statement that reservation will be
given in the private sector. It has talked about taking affirmative
action and has asked the private sector to fulfil its social
responsibility in this direction," Wasnik said while addressing a
conference of editors.

Wasnik said in case of reservation the government had suggested
affirmative action by the private sector and added that industry
bodies like CII, ASSOCHAM and FICCI had adopted a code of conduct for
corporate sector that their members followed voluntarily. He added
that the issue presently was with a coordination committee under the
Prime Minister's Principal Secretary and another committee under the
Department of Industrial Policy and Promotion. "The two committees are
taking the issue forward."

Interestingly, contrary to what Wasnik said on Monday, the Congress
manifesto for the 2008 Lok Sabha elections had talked about providing
reservation in the private sector and private educational
institutions. In fact, the Common Minimum Programme (CMP) of UPA-1 too
had promised quota in the private sector.


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