Bill to provide 75 pc quota in pvt sector jobs to be tabled in monsoon
- August 22, 2020
- Updated: 10:44 am
DW BUREAU / Chandigarh
The Haryana government will introduce a Bill in the coming assembly session to give 75 per cent reservation in private sector jobs to the state's youth, days after a proposed ordinance on it failed to get the governor's assent. Governor Satyadeo Narain Arya recently sent the ordinance approved by the Haryana government for the President's consideration, an official said. Bills proposing 75 per cent reservation in private sector jobs to the state's youth and reserving 50 per cent of seats for women in Panchayati Raj Institutions will be introduced in upcoming Monsoon session of the Haryana assembly, Deputy Chief Minister Dushyant Chautala said here on Friday. The session begins on August 26. "We are bringing these and a few other Bills in the session starting next week," he said.
The ordinance which proposes 75 per cent reservation for local candidates in private sector jobs in Haryana was approved by the state Cabinet last month. This was a key poll promise of Chautala's Jannayak Janta Party, which is a coalition partner of the BJP in the state. The ordinance on private sector jobs has been reserved for consideration of the President. The Cabinet, after clearing the ordinance, had sent it to the governor last month for promulgation. Under provisions of the Constitution, the governor has the powers to promulgate an ordinance when the state assembly is not in session. When asked about the governor's move, Chautala said that it is his prerogative. "That is his prerogative, if he wanted to take decisions at his own level that also was his prerogative," he said.
The deputy chief minister, however, said that since some provisions in the proposed legislation gave it "overriding effect over other laws", the governor may have taken a call to refer the matter to the President. He also said there was no bar in bringing the Bill and it will be introduced. On reserving seats for women in Panchayati Raj Institutions (PRIs), Chautala said the state government has been taking adequate steps for ensuring maximum participation of women in PRIs. Chautala holds the portfolios of industries, excise and taxation, rural development and panchayats. "To give 50 per cent reservation to women in Panchayats, we will bring in a Bill in the upcoming session," the deputy chief minister said.
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