Govt writes to India Inc: may ask you to fix 5% job quota for SC/ST in
some areas
P. Vaidyanathan Iyer Posted: Aug 03, 2010 at 0416 hrs
New Delhi With India Inc not being seen as having done enough on its
promise of affirmative action over the last five years, the government
is looking at insisting upon a 5 per cent reservation in jobs by the
private sector for disadvantaged sections, particularly the Scheduled
Castes and Scheduled Tribes.
The Department of Industrial Policy and Promotion (DIPP), under
Commerce and Industry Minister Anand Sharma, has told the corporate
sector that companies benefiting from various government incentives
may be asked to reserve about 5 per cent of employment needs for the
SCs and STs. "We have asked the industry chambers — the Confederation
of Indian Industry, the Federation of Indian Chambers of Commerce and
Industry and the Associated Chambers of Commerce — to submit their
views on this suggestion," a DIPP official told The Indian Express.
Clearly, none of the industry chambers want a quota legislation,
although all acknowledge much more can be done for the disadvantaged
sections. "We reckon that the government is under political pressure
to show tangible results on the affirmative action front. But
reservation will endanger merit," said a senior chamber executive.
Top executives in the three chambers, who did not wish to be quoted,
said India Inc was better off without job quotas. "But we are not
opposed to the idea of affirmative action — improving the prospects of
the disadvantaged sections in getting a job," said a senior Ficci
executive. Towards this end, each chamber has adopted a district about
six months ago based on DIPP's recommendations, he pointed out. Ficci
has adopted Sonbhadra in Uttar Pradesh, CII Naushera in Punjab and
Assocham Cooch Behar in West Bengal.
"But their intervention is restricted to promoting employability
through vocational training," noted a government official. In May this
year, Social Justice Minister Mukul Wasnik had written to the Prime
Minister seeking a review of the government's efforts to persuade the
private sector to take affirmative action. In his meeting with the
trade and industry council, the Prime Minister did ask the corporate
sector to chip in more to improve social inclusion.
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