Haryana, a leading apparel manufacturing state, has applied 75 per cent job reservation law for locals in the private sector, who get a salary of less than Rs. 30,000 a month. This job quota has notably increased the industry’s worries, which the industry calls ‘unjustified’.
Not only apparel manufacturers, even retail and other industries are also concerned about this step taken by the Haryana Government.
Almost a year ago when the issue was raised, Apparel Resources had also highlighted how private job reservation for locals will kill the apparel industry
Gurugram, Faridabad, Panipat and Sonipat are the biggest centres of apparel and textile-related products.
Leading apparel exporter Animesh Saxena, MD of Neetee Clothings, Gurugram, and President, Federation of Indian Micro and Small & Medium Enterprises (FISME) is of the view that this is detrimental to MSMEs since the majority of their workforce is under Rs. 30,000 salary bracket which comes under job reservation.
He also added that unfortunately local candidates are not available in desired numbers in many skill sets required. This will be a huge challenge for the MSMEs to fill the vacancies and plan expansion.
As of now, the law will be applicable for a period of 10 years and the State Government also relaxed the residency (domicile) requirement from 15 to 5 years for a person to get a bona fide resident certificate in the state to provide some flexibility to the private companies in hiring.
