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Rajya Sabha
There is no proposal to introduce legislation in Parliament at present on the issue of reservation to Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes in the private sector. Stating this in a written reply in the Rajya Sabha today the Minister of State for Social Justice and Empowerment, Smt. Subbulakshmi Jagadeesan said that the state governments have not been consulted in the matter. She said that the Group of Ministers (GOM), constituted to initiate a dialogue with the industry to see how best the private sector can fulfill the aspirations of the youth belonging to Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes, is having a dialogue with the apex associations of the industry and trade. The Minister said that in May 2005, 21 Captains of industry have issued a statement welcoming the move of the Government to have dialogue with the industry on affirmative action. They have committed to expand their activities for disadvantaged persons with regard to scholarships, company-run private schools, partnership with government schools, vocational training in-house as well as in partnership with it is etc.
MLD::sje-32(RS- reservation SC) Aug 1.
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