Jobs for locals

Haryana Ordinance will hurt workers and investment

On Monday, the Haryana cabinet approved a proposal to draft an Ordinance that would reserve jobs for “locals” in the private sector. The Haryana State Employment of Local Candidates Ordinance, 2020, is to provide a whopping 75 per cent reservation for locals in new jobs within the state in private concerns, subject to certain riders. These include that the new jobs should have a salary of under Rs 50,000; and that the company itself should have more than 10 people. The coalition government in power in the state, although led by the Bharatiya Janata Party Chief Minister Manohar Lal Khattar,