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Indian Government To Examine SC/ST Quota In Private Sector
Section Business & Industry Posted on Tue Aug 31, 2004 at 02:46:01 PM EST
Government has constituted a Group of Ministers (GoM) to examine the issue of job reservations in the private sector. "The group of ministers will examine all dimensions of the issue of affirmative action, including reservations, in the private sector," an official statement said on Monday. The group will initiate a dialogue with industry to see how best the private sector can fulfill the aspirations of scheduled caste and scheduled tribe youth. While PMO said that the GoM's brief will be to examine "all dimensions of the issue of affirmative action, including reservations", political circles feel that the ministers might give precedence to job quotas over other measures like incentives for the corporates who agree to reserve jobs.
The GoM will be chaired by Agriculture Minister Sharad Pawar, reputed for his pragmatic instincts. The panel includes aggressive stalwarts of reservation politics like Railway Minister Lalu Prasad and Steel Minister Ram Vilas Paswan from Bihar, as well as Communications Minister Dayanidhi Maran of the DMK. Another member is Welfare Minister Meira Kumar, herself a Dalit, who recently made a passionate "its payback time for industry" pitch. (Click on "Full Story" for more.)
The group has been assigned to hold talks with the industry. And though Finance Minister P Chidambaram, along with Commerce Minister Kamal Nath, could be more sensitive to industry's concerns, observers feel that he too may have to factor in Tamil Nadu's quota-driven politics as well as views of other GoM members.
In fact, if their pronouncements are any guide, the majority opinion already seems tilted in favour of the demand for quota extensions. The demand has gained intensity in the wake of the divestment programme. The government, in its Common Minimum Programme for governance, had assured it would initiate a dialogue with political parties, industry and other organisations to see how best the private sector could fulfill the aspirations of the backward sections of the society, that enjoy job reservations in the public sector.
From The Times of India - August 31, 2004
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