Haryana Chief Minister Manohar Lal Khattar Sunday said that the state government had brought in the Haryana State Employment of Local Candidates Act 2020, which reserves 75% jobs in the private sector for those having a domicile in the state, to ensure that youth of the state get ample employment opportunities.
“To ensure that the youth of Haryana get employment opportunities, we made a provision to reserve 75% of jobs in the private sector for local residents. It is true that initially some people have raised objections to its implementation and now the matter has gone to court. But our plea is that if industries are being set up in the state, then people of the state should get more opportunities for employment. After all, it is the responsibility of the state to provide employment and as part of our responsibility, we are taking this work forward,” said Khattar.
He added that the government was concerned about providing employment.
The CM was speaking at the foundation stone laying ceremony of a 500-bed ESIC hospital at Manesar. Haryana Deputy CM Dushyant Chautala and Union Minister of Environment, Forest and Climate Change Bhupender Yadav were also in attendance.
On February 3, the Punjab and Haryana High Court had granted an interim stay on the job reservation law. After the stay, the chief minister had said that “the government will firmly stand its ground and will fight in the court”.
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