Haryana State Employment of Local Candidates Act 2021

Subject: Polity

Context: Haryana passed the law giving 75% of reservation in private sector for job seekers from Haryana.

Concept:

The law will apply to all the companies, societies, trusts, limited liability partnership firms, partnership firms and any person employing 10 or more persons and an entity as may be notified by the government from time to time
Earlier Andhra Pradesh became the first state in the country to introduce local reservation in private sector in 2019.
It is to be seen if such laws are constitutionally valid or not as it is seen as violation of Art 16: “Article 16 specifically states that no citizen shall, on grounds only of religion, race, caste, sex, descent, place of birth, residence or any of them, be ineligible for, or discriminated against in respect or, any employment or office under the State”.