The Karnataka government has approved a bill to provide 100 per cent mandatory reservation for Kannadas in all private industries and private companies. A news package on that.
In Karnataka, there has been a long-standing demand to provide more jobs to the people of the state in the companies.
For this, various Kannada organizations have been voicing that the government should immediately implement the Sarojini Mahishi report which recommended reservation for Kannadas.
In this case, in the Cabinet meeting chaired by Chief Minister Siddaramaiah, approval has been given to the bill providing mandatory 100 percent reservation in all private industries and companies in Karnataka.
Karnataka Chief Minister Siddaramaiah posted this information on his official X site. Soon, it is expected that the Bill will be tabled in the Karnataka Assembly and enacted into law.
The new bill stipulates that 50 percent of the administrative jobs and 75 percent of the non-administrative jobs in all private industries and companies in the state of Karnataka should be given to Kannadas.
The Bill also defines who are Kannadas. Accordingly, those who were born and brought up in Karnataka and have lived in Karnataka for more than 15 years and can speak and read Kannada clearly are defined as Kannada. It is also stated in this bill that they must be given jobs in this reservation.
Also, this Soda states that one should possess a certificate of having studied Kannada as a language in secondary school or have acquired Kannada language proficiency as specified by an organization recognized by the Government of Karnataka.
And in this bill, it is also said that if there are no suitable local people available for the required work, the companies and industries should cooperate with the government and provide 3-year training to the gunners and recruit them.
Violators of this law will be fined between 10,000 to 25,000 rupees and the specified company will have to pay a fine of 100 rupees daily until the reservation is made.
Political experts have said that it will be very difficult to implement this law which gives priority to Kannadas.
Already, while some Indian states have enacted similar laws, the Supreme Court has ruled in several cases that reservation of seats for locals is against the fundamental rights of an Indian.
Employment of Local Workers Bill Although this bill is said to have been brought to create jobs for Kannada people in Karnataka, various business leaders have strongly opposed this bill.
Kiran Masumdar-Shaw, Managing Director of Biocon Ltd., said that the bill is detrimental to the development of the technology sector and that the anti-industry bill should not be allowed and that there are no exceptions to the recruitment of skilled workers.
Like this, Manipal Global Education Services President Mohandas Bhai has condemned this bill as having been created with fascist thinking and has said that this bill is against the Constitution of India.
ASSOCHAM Karnataka Co-Chairman and YULU Co-Founder R.K. Mishra has said that this bill could be a big threat to the Indian IT industry.
In this case, Chief Minister Siddaramaiah posted on the website last night, ‘The bill is in the initial stage. After discussing this in the next cabinet meeting and giving approval, it will be tabled in the Legislative Assembly. Government sources said the bill has been shelved due to opposition.
