Govt presses india Inc on jobs for SC/STs, progress report
Press Trust Of India / New Delhi September 28, 2010, 0:47 IST
The government wants corporate India to file a quarterly report on the
number of jobs they have created for SCs, STs and other weaker
sections, even as industry expressed its inability to reserve jobs for
them. "They (government) want a quarterly report to be submitted to
the Department of Industrial Policy and Promotion in the industry
ministry," industry sources said. Earlier, India Inc was required to
file such reports annually.
Reserving jobs in the private sector or affirmative action was part of
the national Common Minimum Programme of UPA-I. At present, the law
provides for reservation for Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes,
among others, in government and public sector jobs, besides quotas in
education. The Prime Minister's Office, had last month called a
meeting of industry chambers, including CII, Ficci and Assocham, to
discuss if they would ask their members to reserve five per cent jobs
for the disadvantaged sections. "Our stand is that there should not be
any statutory reservation in the private sector but simultaneously the
private sector's responsibility is to fulfil a commitment that has
been given to the government in writing," an industrial official who
participated in the meeting said.
During the meeting, the industry said it would be "voluntarily
implementing" the inclusive growth by giving preference to SCT
candidates up to the managerial level posts. Finding it difficult to
enforce an employment quota in private sector, the DIPP had asked CII,
Ficci and Assocham to consider giving five per cent of the jobs to
weaker sections wherever fiscal incentives are given.
Industry gets a variety of fiscal sops which include export related
duty credit, area specific income tax exemptions which are also
extended on R&D budget of companies. The industry on it part claims
that it has several initiatives for training and employment of the SCs
and STs from the weaker sections of the society.
The CII has come out with several reports showing that quite a few of
its member organisations have been working on affirmative action.
------------------------------------
----
INFORMATION OVERLOAD?
Get all ZESTCaste mails sent out in a span of 24 hours in a single mail. Subscribe to the daily digest version by sending a blank mail to ZESTMedia-digest@yahoogroups.com, OR, if you have a Yahoo! Id, change your settings at http://groups.yahoo.com/group/ZESTMedia/join/
PARTICIPATE:-
On this list you can share caste news, discuss caste issues and network with like-minded anti-caste people from across India and the world. Just write to zestcaste@yahoogroups.com
TELL FRIENDS TO SIGN UP:-
If you got this mail as a forward, subscribe to ZESTCaste by sending a blank mail to ZESTCaste-subscribe@yahoogroups.com OR, if you have a Yahoo! ID, by visiting http://groups.yahoo.com/group/ZESTCaste/join/
Also have a look at our sister list, ZESTMedia: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/ZESTMedia/Yahoo! Groups Links
<*> To visit your group on the web, go to:
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/ZESTCaste/
<*> Your email settings:
Individual Email | Traditional
<*> To change settings online go to:
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/ZESTCaste/join
(Yahoo! ID required)
<*> To change settings via email:
ZESTCaste-digest@yahoogroups.com
ZESTCaste-fullfeatured@yahoogroups.com
<*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to:
ZESTCaste-unsubscribe@yahoogroups.com
<*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to:
http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
No comments:
Post a Comment