Relevance
- GS 2: Welfare schemes for vulnerable sections of the population by the Centre and States and the performance of these schemes.
Context
- Recently, the Jharkhand Assembly has passed a Bill, which provides 75% reservation in the private sector for local people.
Key points
- The benefit would be provided to the people earning up to ₹40,000 salary a month.
- Once notified, Jharkhand will become the third State in the country, after Andhra Pradesh and Haryana, to pass such law.
The Constitution (127th Amendment) Bill, 2021
Supervision Committee
- The Jharkhand State Employment of Local Candidates Bill, 2021 provides for the constitution of a committee headed by a designated officer to supervise the employment procedure and issue directions to the employer concerned as it may deem fit.
- The committee will include Deputy Development Commissioner (DDC), Circle Officer (CO) and the local MLA.
Why is it a good measure?
- When the economic growth is unevenly distributed, the locals perceive that outsiders garner more shares of the gains from such growth.
- Moreover, there is a need to preserve local languages and cultures and not fall prey to the temptation to impose a single or a common language on all.
- Many experts often stress on the need to assimilate into the local conditions which means outsiders and migrants needs to learn the local language and observe the local customs.
- Also, there might be fewer mishaps and accidents on the shop floor of manufacturing firms since there are lesser chances of communication gaps leading to such incidents.
- Hiring locals who are familiar with the terrain and language is critical in customer facing roles.
Constitution (Scheduled Tribes) Order (Amendment) Bill, 2021
Drawbacks of such measures
- There are chances that some of such jobs would be done by people who might be less qualified than those who could have got the job in normal circumstances.
- Reserving jobs for locals narrows the supply of eligible candidates that can result in poor and shoddy work.
- Regional chauvinism affects the industries and leads to deterioration in industrial growth.
- There are many jobs that require specialised skills and innovative abilities that can go waste if the talent pool is narrowed.
- Such measures can also result in the vitiation of the workplace culture since the workforce would be polarised and split into various groups.