Maha digs up '68 rule, vows to give preference to locals
Yogesh Naik | TNN Mumbai: In a decision that would appear to flatter the MNS and Shiv Sena that have been agitating against North Indians in Mumbai, the Congress-NCP led Democratic Front government on Monday said it intends stricter implementation of policies that give preference to locals for jobs framed since 1968. The government announced its decision to come up with state and district level committees for implementation of preference for locals in jobs, a move that political observers here see as a pre-election exercise to woo back the Marathi voters who might be drifting to MNS. The earlier government resolutions (GR) that would be implemented strictly were issued by Congress governments in 1968, 1970, 1973, 2005 and 2007. The state government wants 80% of junior jobs for locals and 50% jobs in supervisory levels for locals in small scale industries to large units. A senior officer of CM's secretariat said, ''We had issued GRs and policies were in place giving prominence to locals for jobs. But the implementation was never done with seriousness. Now the government has set up district-level committees which will be monitored by the collector. The state-level committee will be overseen by Development Commissioner Malini Shankar.'' The reservation is not just for Marathis, but for all citizens who have resided in Maharashtra for more than 15 years and one needs a domicile certificate to prove that he is a Maharashtrian. The domiciles are issued by tehsildars of each area. However, the move is expected to be met with stiff opposition from industrialists, especially those against dictatorial policies like reservations. Industries secretary A M Khan said that the GR issued on Monday was only to systematise the process and check if there are any difficulties. The monitoring committees will also have the vocational guidance officers to ensure that there is no shortfall and check whether reoritentation is needed. Industries department officials said that the entreprenuers will have to give an affadivit that they will give preference in jobs to locals. They will also have to give data how jobs have been provided to locals since they started production and give updates by June 30 each year. MNS spokesperson Shirish Parkar said, ''Finance Minister Jayant Patil had made a similar statement on the concluding day of budget session of the legislature this year making jobs compulsory for locals. --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups ""GLOBAL SPECULATORS"" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/globalspeculators?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
