http://www.indianexpress.com/news/govt-to-vet-jobs-created-for-sc%5Cst-by-india-inc/689056/
Govt to vet jobs created for SCST by India Inc
Agencies Posted online: Mon Sep 27 2010, 18:42 hrs
New Delhi : The government has asked corporate India to file quarterly
report on 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 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 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 quota in
education.
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 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 SCST
candidates up to the managerial level posts.
Finding it difficult to enforce 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.
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