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Mumbai: The Maharashtra government has directed the industrial and manufacturing sector to reserve 80 per cent of its jobs to local candidates.
The local has been identified as anyone, either a Maharashtrian or a non-Maharashtrian living in Maharashtra for a minimum of 15 years. The resident should possess a domicile certificate issued by a competent revenue official or any other document, including income tax payments, proving the duration of his or her stay in the state.
Wooing residents
Taking a cue from Raj Thackeray, Maharashtra Navnirman Sena (MNS) chief, who has been harping on job preference to Marathi locals, the Democratic Front government, against the backdrop of state elections looming next year, has decided to woo the long-time residents of Maharashtra, and not necessarily the Marathi sons of the soil. The announcement that came from Chief Minister Vilasrao Deshmukh's office on Monday will now apply to industries in the automobile, textile, engineering, construction and other sectors. Hotels are also expected to abide by this new direction.
The government wants 50 per cent reservation of jobs in the supervisor category and 80 per cent of jobs in lower category, mostly unskilled, for locals in small-scale as well as medium and large-scale industrial units.
From time to time the state has been coming up with the issue of job quota for locals since the 1970s but this time it has gone a step further to ensure its implementation.
State and district level committees will be set up to ensure employers are complying with the government resolution. The committees led by industries commissioner and district collectors will meet every three months to monitor the percentage of implementation.
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