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Jharkhand Assembly Passes Bill For 75% Reservation For Locals In Private Sector Jobs

The bill provides 75% reservations for locals seeking jobs in the Private Sector with a monthly salary of up to Rs 40,000.

New Delhi: The Jharkhand Assembly on Wednesday passed the Jharkhand State Employment of Local Candidates in the Private Sector Bill, 2021. The bill provides 75% reservations for locals seeking jobs in the Private Sector with a monthly salary of up to Rs 40,000. Once the bill is enacted, Jharkhand will become the third state after Andhra Pradesh and Haryana having the law providing reservation for the locals in the private sector jobs.

The bill was presented during the budget session in March 2021. As per the PTI report, Speaker Rabindra Nath Mahto later referred the bill to a 6 member select committee to review. The 6-member select committee chaired by Jharkhand Labour Minister Satyanand Bhokta changed the name of the bill from 'The Jharkhand State Employment of Local Candidates Bill, 2021' to 'The Jharkhand State Employment of Local Candidates in Private Sector Bill, 2021'.

Earlier, the salary limit was Rs 30,000 which is increased to Rs 40,000 in the amended bill. "Every employer shall register such employees receiving gross monthly salary as wages not more than Rs 40,000 as the limit notified by the government from time to time on the designated portal within three months of coming into force of this Act. Provided that once the designated portal is developed and notified, no person shall be employed or engaged by any employer unless the registration process of all such employees is completed on the designated portal," the bill was quoted by PTI in its report.

"Every employer shall fill up seventy-five per cent of the total existing vacancies on the date of notification of this Act and subsequent thereto by local candidates with respect to such posts where the gross monthly salary or wages are not more than Rs 40,000," the bill further reads.

(With inputs from PTI)

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