After Haryana, Jharkhand to Implement 75% Local Representation in Private Employment
Chief minister Sorenâs decision comes after the unemployment rate in the state rose to 59.2% around May last year, when the COVID-19 pandemic was at its height.Â
Jharkhand chief minister Hemant Soren. Photo: PTI
Government13/Mar/2021
Mumbai: In an effort to increase local representation in employment, the Jharkhand cabinet has approved an employment policy mandating 75% of private-sector jobs up to a salary of Rs 30,000 per month be reserved for local residents.
Indian Express, the state chief minister Hemant Soren is expected to announce the new policy in the upcoming assembly session.
Explained: Haryana Governmentâs Law To Reserve 75 Per Cent Jobs In Private Sector For Locals, Will It Help?
by Swarajya Staff - Mar 3, 2021 09:47 AM Indian construction workers rest at an under-construction site in Gurgaon, some 30 km south of New Delhi. (MANAN VATSYAYANA/AFP/Getty Images)
On Tuesday (2 March), Haryana governor Satydeo Narain Arya gave assent to the bill providing 75 per cent reservation in private sector to job seekers who have a state domicile certificate.
The quota for local people will apply for 10 years to private sector jobs that offer a salary of less than Rs 50,000 a month.
The act states that the quota applies to all the Companies, Societies, Trusts, Limited Liability Partnership firms, Partnership Firm and any person employing ten or more persons and an entity as may be notified by the Government of Haryana.