http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2011-05-12/india-business/29535657_1_private-sector-cii-sts
CII pushes entrepreneurship among SC/STs
May 12, 2011, 07.02am IST
MUMBAI: To encourage entrepreneurship among the scheduled caste and
scheduled tribes, the private sector is gearing up to increase
sourcing of goods from this section of society.
In this initiative, Confederation of Indian Industry (CII) will play
an enabler role for India Inc, B Muthuraman, the newly elected
president of the industry body, said. CII intends to work closely with
the Dalit Chamber of India to boost the development of small
enterprises and deepen representation of weaker sections in the Indian
industry, the latter through training and other forms of facilitations
that would enhance their employability.
"One of our goals is to increase sourcing of goods and services from
SC/ST entrepreneurs by 10-20%," Muthuraman said. "50,000 SC/ST youth
would be trained and an equal number of employments would be
facilitated in 2011-12," Muthuraman added.
Since SCs and STs are listed in a specific schedule of the Indian
Constitution, they are eligible for certain benefits including
reservation in educational institutions and also in government jobs. A
couple of years ago, the government had stirred a hornet's nest by
alleging that the private sector in the country was not pursuing an
affirmative action policy aggressively vis-à-vis SCs and STs. The
government went to the extent of proposing mandatory reservations in
the private sector, just like in the government sector.
However, though corporates have been creating job opportunities for
these communities SCs and STs, the private sector was against
mandatory reservations. Observers had said that hiring without
considering merit will impact the sector and could lead to some
imbalances within their rank and file.
CII is working with these sections of the society to improve their
skills so that getting an employment becomes easier. According to CII,
SC/ST communities form 18% of the workforce in the private sector, but
data show they have a negligible presence in managerial or top
positions in India Inc and form a larger pie of those employed in
lower posts.
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