The Haryana government on Saturday notified that its act of implementing 75% reservation for local people in private jobs with a monthly salary ceiling of ₹50,000 will come into force from 15 January, 2022.
“ln exercise of the powers conferred by sub-section 3 of section I of the Haryana State Employment of Local Candidates Act. 2020 (3 of 2021). the Governor of Haryana hereby specifies the 15th day of 2022 for the purposes of said sub-section,” the official notification stated.Haryana had announced it wanted 75 per cent of private-sector jobs in the state, till a certain salary slab, reserved for local candidates. In November 2020, the state Assembly passed the Haryana State Employment of Local Candidates Bill, 2020 paving way for more employment opportunities for locals in the private sector.
On March 2, the Governor gave his assent to the Bill.The Bill when passed, drew a lot of flack for its provisions that may not go down well with the private sector in the state, and adversely impact the cosmopolitan outlook of some of its industrial hubs like Gurugram. The Haryana assembly had passed the Local Candidate Bill 2020 on March 2, 2020. The Governor had approved the Bill in November last year and it had been pending for notification since then. Now, with the notification being issued today, the companies will have time till January 15 to make changes as per the law.
