Karnataka Chief Minister Siddaramaiah announced on Wednesday that the cabinet, in its Monday meeting, approved a bill enforcing 50% reservation for administrative posts and 75% for non-administrative posts for Kannadigas in private industries.
"If such skills are not available, people can be outsourced and they can be given work here. But the Government is trying to bring in a law to give preference to locally available skills - if it is available here...," Karnataka Labor Minister Santosh S Lad said speaking to ANI.
"...If you want to promote Kannadigas for jobs, spend more money on higher education. Give training to them. Spend more money on skill development. Spend more money on internships, spend more money on apprenticeship programs. So they all become skilled. Not like this. What are you trying to
"Keeping the interests of #Kannadigas paramount, I will discuss this issue with the Hon'ble CM Sh @siddaramaiah, IT-BT Minister, Law Minister, and Labour Minister. We will have wider consultations. We will ensure that the interests of Kannadigas are protected, alongside those of the industri
As the Karnataka cabinet approved a Bill that mandates private industries to hire 100 per cent Kannadigas for "C and D" grade posts, several industry leaders objected to the move saying that it is "discriminatory" and raised apprehensions that the tech industry may suffer.
The Bill drafted by the Labour Department claimed that jobs of industries operating in the state are going to the states of North India. The Bill states that industries that get infrastructure including land and water from the state should give reservations for jobs to the locals, and thi
"Nayab Singh's cabinet has brought three major reforms for Haryana. The first is that it has been decided to increase the creamy layer limit from Rs 6 lakh to Rs 8 lakh, providing 8% reservation to Group A and 5% to Group B in Panchayats and Municipal Corporations," Amit Shah said while addr
Referring to former prime ministers Indira Gandhi and Rajiv Gandhi for "opposing" for OBC reservation, the Union minister Shah said, "In 1957, the Kaka Kalelkar Commission was constituted to review the reservation for OBCs, but Congress didn't implement its suggestions for years. In 1980,
"These people used to make fun of us in 1984 for being a party of two members. Today, the same party ruled the country once under the leadership of Atal Ji, and under the leadership of Modi Ji, we are getting the blessings of the people for the third consecutive time," said Nadda.