<keyword id="19921832" type="General" weightage="20" keywordseo="Karnataka-Chief-Minister" source="keywords">Karnataka Chief Minister</keyword> <keyword id="19909994" type="General" weightage="20" keywordseo="siddaramaiah" source="keywords">Siddaramaiah</keyword> on Thursday said his government has decided to withhold the bill mandating <keyword id="21266423" type="General" weightage="20" keywordseo="job-reservation" source="keywords">job reservation</keyword> for <keyword id="19943105" type="General" weightage="20" keywordseo="Kannadigas" source="keywords">Kannadigas</keyword> in private sector due to "certain confusion." He said the bill will be taken up for discussion in the next cabinet meeting to clear the doubts. " On Monday, complete discussion (on the topic) could not take place in the cabinet meeting. By then reports had appeared in the media," he told the <keyword id="19896017" type="General" weightage="20" keywordseo="karnataka" source="keywords">Karnataka</keyword> assembly. "There was some confusion. We will clear those confusions in the next cabinet meeting. Let's have a detailed discussion." The CM was replying to Leader of the Opposition R Ashoka's demand to clarify the <keyword id="19904635" type="General" weightage="20" keywordseo="state-government" source="keywords">state government</keyword>'s stand on the bill. He said the Chief Minister changed his message on 'X' thrice. Ashoka recalled that Siddaramaiah in his first post said that the cabinet has decided 100 per cent reservation for Kannadigas in the private sector and then deleted it. The Chief Minister then posted another message saying that there will be 50 per cent reservation in the management category and 70 per cent in non-management category for Kannadigas. "Finally, you announced putting the bill on hold. There appears to be a Tughlaq government in Karnataka," he said. In his reply, the Chief Minister said, "There is no Tughlaq government, but Siddramaiah government. We will take up the bill in the next cabinet meeting." The state cabinet had on Monday cleared the Karnataka State Employment of Local Candidates in the Industries, Factories and Other Establishments Bill, 2024', which makes it compulsory for <keyword id="20657367" type="General" weightage="20" keywordseo="private-firms" source="keywords">private firms</keyword> to reserve jobs for Kannadigas. "Any industry, factory or other establishments shall appoint fifty per cent of local candidates in management categories and seventy per cent in non-management categories," the bill read. If the candidates do not possess secondary school certificates with Kannada as a language, they should pass a Kannada proficiency test as specified by the 'Nodal Agency', it added. The nodal agency will have powers to call for any records information or documents in the possession of an employer or occupier or manager of an establishment for the purpose of verifying the report. The government may appoint an officer not below the rank of Assistant Labour Commissioner as the authorised officer for the purposes of compliance of the provisions of the Act. Any Employer or Occupier or Manager of an Establishment, who contravenes the provisions of this Act should be liable for a penalty between Rs 10,000 to Rs 25,000. The move drew flak from the industry. <keyword id="19955786" type="General" weightage="20" keywordseo="NASSCOM" source="keywords" meta.keywordsubtype="org" meta.entityname="NASSCOM" meta.hostid="261" meta.entityid="NASSCOM">NASSCOM</keyword> even cautioned that the companies will move out of Karnataka. Ministers quickly issued a statement assuring companies that their interest will be protected.

Kannadiga reservation quota bill to be taken up in next cabinet meeting to discuss "confusions": K'taka CM

The <keyword id="479174" type="General" weightage="20" keywordseo="Karnataka-cabinet" source="Orion">Karnataka cabinet</keyword> has approved a bill mandating 100 per cent <keyword id="6361164" type="General" weightage="100" keywordseo="reservation" source="Orion">reservation</keyword> for <keyword id="19943105" type="General" weightage="20" keywordseo="Kannadigas" source="keywords">Kannadigas</keyword> in private firms for Group C and Group D posts, Chief Minister Siddaramaiah said on Tuesday. The decision was taken in the Cabinet meeting held on Monday, he said. "The Cabinet meeting held yesterday approved a bill to make recruitment of 100 per cent Kannadigas mandatory for 'C and D' grade posts in all private industries in the state," Siddaramaiah said in a post on X. "We are a pro-Kannada government. Our priority is to look after the welfare of the Kannadigas," the CM said. According to sources in the law department, the '<keyword id="19896017" type="General" weightage="20" keywordseo="Karnataka" source="keywords">Karnataka</keyword> State Employment of Local Candidates in the Industries, Factories and Other Establishments Bill, 2024' will be tabled on Thursday in the Assembly. On the appointment of 'Local Candidates'', the bill, a copy of which is with PTI, says, "Any industry, factory or other establishments shall appoint fifty percent of local candidates in management categories and seventy percent in non-management categories." If the candidates do not possess secondary school certificate with Kannada as a language, they must pass a Kannada proficiency test as specified by the 'Nodal Agency', it says. If the qualified local candidates are not available, the establishments within three years with active collaboration of government or its agencies should take steps to train them, it says. If sufficient number of local candidates are not available, then an establishment may apply for relaxation from the provisions of this Act to the government. "Such orders passed by the Government shall be final: Provided that, the relaxation provided under this section shall not be less than twenty five percent for management category and fifty percent for non-management categories," the proposed bill says. Every industry or factory or other establishment should inform the nodal agency about the compliance of the provisions of this Act in such form, within such period as may be prescribed, the copy of the bill read. The role of the nodal agency will be to verify the reports furnished by an employer or occupier or manager of an establishment and submit a report to the government indicating the implementation of the provisions of this Act. The nodal agency will have powers to call for any records information or documents in the possession of an employer or occupier or manager of an establishment for the purpose of verifying the report. The government may appoint an officer not below the rank Assistant Labour Commissioner as the authorised officer for the purposes of compliance of the provisions of the Act. Any employer or occupier or manager of an establishment, who contravenes the provisions of this Act, should be liable for a penalty between Rs 10,000 to Rs 25,000. "If the contravention continues after penalty has been imposed, then, with further penalty which may extend to one hundred rupees for each day till the time contravention so continues," the proposed bill says.

Karnataka to present bill mandating 100% reservation for Kannadigas in private firms' C and D grade posts

​How will the Kannadiga reservation bill affect working professionals in Bengaluru?

Bengaluru (<keyword id="6354780" type="General" weightage="20" keywordseo="karnataka" source="Orion">Karnataka</keyword>) [India], July 17 (ANI): On Tuesday, the Karnataka cabinet approved a Bill that seeks to reserve 50 per cent of management jobs and 75 per cent of non-management jobs for locals in the <keyword id="19974189" type="General" weightage="20" keywordseo="private-sector" source="keywords">private sector</keyword>. The bill also seeks 100 per cent <keyword id="6361164" type="General" weightage="100" keywordseo="reservation" source="Orion">reservation</keyword> for locals in "C&amp;D" grade government jobs. On Wednesday several industry leaders in the state objected to the move saying that it is "discriminatory" and raised apprehensions that the tech industry may suffer. Mohandas Pai, the Chairman of Manipal Global Education Services said that the Bill is "fascist" and also unconstitutional. "This bill should be junked. It is discriminatory, regressive and against the constitution @Jairam_Ramesh is govt to certify who we are? This is a fascist bill as in Animal Farm, unbelievable that @INCIndia can come up with a bill like this- a govt officer will sit on recruitment committees of the private sector? People have to take a language test?" Pai said in a post on 'X'. Kiran Mazumdar-Shaw, the Executive Chairperson of Biocon Limited said that the state should not let this Bill affect its leading position in the domain of technology and there should be exemptions for highly skilled recruitment. "As a tech hub, we need skilled talent and whilst the aim is to provide jobs for locals we must not affect our leading position in technology by this move. There must be caveats that exempt highly skilled recruitment from this policy," Shaw posted on 'X'. RK Misra, the Co-Chairman of ASSOCHAM Karnataka and the Co-Founder of YULU called the Bill shortsighted and said that if a government officer is appointed in every private company to monitor its implementation, it will scare away Indian IT and Global Capability Centres. "Another genius move from Govt of Karnataka. Mandate LOCAL RESERVATION &amp; APPOINT GOVT OFFICER IN EVERY COMPANY to monitor. This will scare Indian IT &amp; GCCs. Short-sighted," Misra posted on 'X'. The sharp criticism follows a day after Karnataka Chief Minister Siddaramaiah posted that the Karnataka Cabinet has approved the bill to make recruitment of 100 per cent <keyword id="19943105" type="General" weightage="20" keywordseo="Kannadigas" source="keywords">Kannadigas</keyword> mandatory for 'C and D' grade posts in all private industries. In his post on X, Karnataka CM Siddaramiah said that the state government's priority was to look after the welfare of Kannadigas. "The Cabinet meeting held yesterday approved a bill to make it mandatory to hire 100 per cent Kannadigas for "C and D" grade posts in all private industries in the state. It is our government's wish that the Kannadigas should avoid being deprived of jobs in the land of Kannada and should be allowed to build a comfortable life in the motherland. We are a pro-Kannada government. Our priority is to look after the welfare of Kannadigas," he posted on X. 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 this has been approved in the cabinet meeting. Earlier, the Sarojini Mahishi Committee report stated that in large, medium and small-scale industrial units with more than 50 workers, 65 per cent and 80 per cent of the jobs in A and B categories respectively would be reserved for Kannadigas, and 100 per cent in C and D categories would be reserved for Kannadigas. However, no policies were formulated regarding guaranteeing reservations for Kannadigas in jobs. Moreover, in the Kannada Language Comprehensive Development Act presented by the Department of Kannada and Culture in 2022, it was said that reservations should be given to industries that have received tax exemptions and other facilities from the state government. However, no policy rules have been formulated for this. In the Cabinet meeting held on Monday, the bill to provide 100 per cent <keyword id="399073" type="General" weightage="20" keywordseo="job-reservation" source="Orion">job reservation</keyword> for Kannadigas in C and D grade jobs was approved. Officials from the Labor Department said that the Bill will be presented and passed in the same session.

Karnataka govt moves bill on job reservation for locals in private sector; Industry leaders call it discriminatory, fascist

After the <keyword id="479174" type="General" weightage="20" keywordseo="Karnataka-cabinet" source="Orion">Karnataka cabinet</keyword> approved a bill that mandates 100% <keyword id="19914887" type="General" weightage="20" keywordseo="reservation" source="keywords">reservation</keyword> for Kannadigas in Category C and D <keyword id="19914922" type="General" weightage="20" keywordseo="jobs" source="keywords">jobs</keyword> in all industries in the state, businessman and philanthropist TV <keyword id="20076594" type="General" weightage="20" keywordseo="Mohandas-Pai" source="keywords">Mohandas Pai</keyword> slammed the state government saying that <keyword id="20374219" type="General" weightage="20" keywordseo="skilling" source="keywords">skilling</keyword> Kannadigas is the only way to promote them for jobs rather than giving them reservation. "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 achieve by this?," Pai said, speaking on Wednesday. Pai, the Chairman of <keyword id="22445179" type="General" weightage="20" keywordseo="Manipal-Global-Education-Services" source="keywords" meta.keywordsubtype="org" meta.entityname="Manipal Global Education Services" meta.hostid="261" meta.entityid="Manipal Global Education Services">Manipal Global Education Services</keyword> said that the Bill is "fascist" and also unconstitutional. "This bill should be junked. It is discriminatory, regressive and against the constitution @Jairam_Ramesh is govt to certify who we are? This is a fascist bill as in Animal Farm, unbelievable that @INCIndia can come up with a bill like this- a govt officer will sit on recruitment committees of the private sector? People have to take a language test?" he had earlier said in a post on 'X'. <keyword id="19896017" type="General" weightage="100" keywordseo="Karnataka" source="keywords">Karnataka</keyword> minister Priyank Kharge however, assuaged the fears of the industrialists saying that wide consultation will be held before the rules of the bill are formulated. "The bill has been brought in by the labour department. They are yet to consult with the industry, the Minister of Industry and the Department of Information Technology. I am sure that before coming up with the rules of the bill, they will have due consultations with the respective ministries and more importantly, a wider consultation with the industry. So there is no need to panic. We are going to safeguard the jobs for the state as well as encourage investments in the industries with their consultation," Kharge said. <keyword id="20582906" type="General" weightage="20" keywordseo="karnataka-industries" source="keywords">Karnataka Industries</keyword> Minister MB Patil said any apprehensions will be resolved in meetings with the Chief Minister "I have seen that many people have apprehension regarding this. We will resolve this confusion. We will sit with the CM and resolve this so that it does not have any adverse effect," Patil told ANI. On Tuesday, the Karnataka cabinet approved a Bill that seeks to reserve 50% of management jobs and 75% of non-management jobs for locals in the private sector. The bill also seeks 100% reservation for locals in "C&amp;D" grade government jobs. On Wednesday, several industry leaders in the state objected to the move saying that it is "discriminatory" and raised apprehensions that the tech industry may suffer.

Spend money on skilling, says Mohandas Pai on Karnataka bill seeking job reservations for Kannadigas

<keyword id="20701469" type="General" weightage="20" keywordseo="Biocon-Ltd" source="keywords" meta.keywordsubtype="org" meta.entityname="Biocon Ltd" meta.hostid="261" meta.entityid="Biocon Ltd">Biocon Ltd</keyword> Chairperson <keyword id="20321783" type="General" weightage="20" keywordseo="Kiran-Mazumdar-Shaw" source="keywords">Kiran Mazumdar-Shaw</keyword> on Wednesday said <keyword id="22443876" type="General" weightage="20" keywordseo="highly-skilled-recruitment" source="keywords">highly skilled recruitment</keyword> must be exempted from the Karnataka government's decision mandating <keyword id="6361164" type="General" weightage="20" keywordseo="reservation" source="Orion">reservation</keyword> for Kannadigas in private firms. She said the <keyword id="21266423" type="General" weightage="20" keywordseo="job-reservation" source="keywords">job reservation</keyword> for locals must not affect the state's leading position in the <keyword id="19896148" type="General" weightage="20" keywordseo="technology-sector" source="keywords">technology sector</keyword>. In a post on social media platform X, she wrote: "As a tech hub we need skilled talent and whilst the aim is to provide jobs for locals we must not affect our leading position in technology by this move." Mazumdar-Shaw further said: "There must be caveats that exempt highly skilled recruitment from this policy." She was reacting to a post on the platform regarding the Karnataka Cabinet clearing a Bill that made industries, factories and other establishments mandatory to appoint <keyword id="22438268" type="General" weightage="20" keywordseo="local-candidates" source="keywords">local candidates</keyword> in 50 per cent of management positions and 75 per cent in non-management positions. The Karnataka State Employment of Local Candidates in the Industries, Factories and Other Establishments Bill, 2024 was approved by the state cabinet on Monday.

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