<p>At least seven out of every ten people employed in large industries operating in the state are Kannadigas, according to government data. </p>.<p>This, authorities say, is because incentives are linked to employment of locals. </p>.<p>According to data tabled by Industries Minister Jagadish Shettar in the ongoing budget session of the legislature, Karnataka has 712 large industries employing 5.02 lakh people. Of them, 3.92 lakh - 78 per cent - are locals. </p>.<p>Kannada groups have been demanding jobs for locals in the private sector as per the Sarojini Mahishi report. </p>.<p>Karnataka has shied away from enacting a law to reserve jobs for locals citing legal hurdles. Instead, the government amended the Karnataka Industrial (Standing Orders) Rules, 1961, to make industrial units give primacy to Kannadigas in Group C and D jobs. </p>.<p>The Sarojini Mahishi report says firms with more than 50 workers must hire locals in 65 per cent and 80 per cent of Group A and B jobs, respectively.</p>.<p>For Groups C and D jobs, this ask is 100 per cent. This requirement is stipulated as a condition by the district-level and state-level single-window committees at the time of approving new industrial units, Labour Minister Shivaram Hebbar told the Assembly in a written reply. </p>.<p>Also, the state’s Industrial Policy requires all new investment projects to provide 70 per cent employment to Kannadigas overall, and 100 per cent in the case of Group D jobs. Failure to comply will lead to recovery of incentives and concessions offered under the policy. </p>.<p>“We are not doubling down on the jobs-for-locals front. We are simply following the existing process,” Additional Chief Secretary (Commerce & Industry) Gaurav Gupta told DH recently. “That primacy should be given to locals is being followed mostly.”</p>.<p>The implementation of the Sarojini Mahishi report is up to the Department of Commerce & Industry. For its part, the Labour Department collates information on compliance of industrial units having more than 50 employees in providing jobs to Kannadigas. </p>.<p>“This is submitted to the directorate of commerce and industry. The district-level single window committee headed by deputy commissioners scrutinises this information and directs erring industries to rectify,” Hebbar stated.</p>
<p>At least seven out of every ten people employed in large industries operating in the state are Kannadigas, according to government data. </p>.<p>This, authorities say, is because incentives are linked to employment of locals. </p>.<p>According to data tabled by Industries Minister Jagadish Shettar in the ongoing budget session of the legislature, Karnataka has 712 large industries employing 5.02 lakh people. Of them, 3.92 lakh - 78 per cent - are locals. </p>.<p>Kannada groups have been demanding jobs for locals in the private sector as per the Sarojini Mahishi report. </p>.<p>Karnataka has shied away from enacting a law to reserve jobs for locals citing legal hurdles. Instead, the government amended the Karnataka Industrial (Standing Orders) Rules, 1961, to make industrial units give primacy to Kannadigas in Group C and D jobs. </p>.<p>The Sarojini Mahishi report says firms with more than 50 workers must hire locals in 65 per cent and 80 per cent of Group A and B jobs, respectively.</p>.<p>For Groups C and D jobs, this ask is 100 per cent. This requirement is stipulated as a condition by the district-level and state-level single-window committees at the time of approving new industrial units, Labour Minister Shivaram Hebbar told the Assembly in a written reply. </p>.<p>Also, the state’s Industrial Policy requires all new investment projects to provide 70 per cent employment to Kannadigas overall, and 100 per cent in the case of Group D jobs. Failure to comply will lead to recovery of incentives and concessions offered under the policy. </p>.<p>“We are not doubling down on the jobs-for-locals front. We are simply following the existing process,” Additional Chief Secretary (Commerce & Industry) Gaurav Gupta told DH recently. “That primacy should be given to locals is being followed mostly.”</p>.<p>The implementation of the Sarojini Mahishi report is up to the Department of Commerce & Industry. For its part, the Labour Department collates information on compliance of industrial units having more than 50 employees in providing jobs to Kannadigas. </p>.<p>“This is submitted to the directorate of commerce and industry. The district-level single window committee headed by deputy commissioners scrutinises this information and directs erring industries to rectify,” Hebbar stated.</p>
