No sooner than the Haryana law mandating 75% private reservation for local residents was struck down, comes a draft Kerala IT policy with incentives to investors offering jobs for locals. Amid a festering jobs crisis and governments having no qualms in interfering in business, may better economic sense prevail.
The controversial Haryana law mandating 75% reservation for residents of the state in private sector jobs has been struck down by the Punjab and Haryana High Court, which has termed it unconstitutional.
Other headlines: The SC set aside a stay on 75% job quota for locals in Haryana, and a plea was filed against Ashish Mishra’s bail in the Lakhimpur Kheri case.
The interim order has come as a relief for companies in the state which feel that the Act would have a bearing on their future business operations and investment.