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India Inc no more caste blind; 150 firms profile SC/ST data
27 May 2010, 1818 hrs IST,PTI
NEW DELHI: At least 150 companies, including some from the Tata Group,
have started collecting data about their SC/ST employees, as India Inc
is no more "caste blind", according to a CII paper on affirmative
action.
"CII's sponsored Code of Conduct for affirmative action, which commits
the company to no discrimination in its employment policies, has been
signed by 690 companies of which 150 have started collecting data on
SC/ST employees," the paper said.
It said that the Tata firms have committed themselves to a policy of
positive discrimination whereby they will "actively favour" SC/ST
candidates for employment.
"We are convinced that we need to play a pro-active role in inclusive
growth which is in the industry's interest itself," CII President Hari
S Bhartia said.
In his interaction with top industry leaders yesterday, Prime Minister
Manmohan Singh had asked them to reach out to the rural economy and
the underprevileged sections of the society through affirmative
action.
Tata Group companies like Tata Teleservices and New Delhi Power
Limited favour SC/ST candidates in their recruitment, provided they
meet competency threshold and "more importantly show the desire to
learn", the CII compendium on affirmative action said.
It said while the private sector was "caste blind" till early 2007,
the industry responded to the Prime Minsiter's call for a positive
discrimination through the SC/ST communities in their HR policies and
business processes.
The chamber which had set up a Council on Affirmative Action under
chairmanship of Jamshed J Irani is pursuing the agenda under four
major initiatives: Employability, Entrepreneurship, Education and
Employment.
It said the initiatives "have made a difference to the lives of over
37,435 SC/ST youth in all regions of country.
"We wanted to show measurable results," Bhartia Said. The companies
which are involved the vocational training programmes for
underprivileged include Infosys, Thermax, HSBC, Mahindra and Mahindra,
Crompton Greaves, Cummins India, Godrej and Boyce, Forbes Marshall and
Hero Group.
In terms of job preferences, Bannari Amman Apparel has employed only
members of backward class in its weaving unit in Kanchipuram district
in Tamil Nadu. Of 1300 socially disadvantaged women employed with the
company, 65 per cent belong to SC/ST communities.
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