Poojary asks industrialists in Udupi district to employ local candidates on priority
Udupi-Chikkamagaluru MP Kota Srinivas Poojary on Monday, April 28, asked industrialists in Udupi district to employ local people on merit basis in their enterprises.
Chairing a meeting on employment to local people in industries at Rajatadri, district office complex in Manipal, Mr. Poojary said Group A, B, and C posts in industries should be filled on merit-basis giving priority to local candidates as per the Sarojini Mahishi report.
This priority to local candidates should be not less than 65% of total posts available, he said. As far as Group D posts are concerned, all posts should be filled by local candidates only, he pointed out. While some industries claim that local candidates do not come forward for Group D posts forcing them to employ people from other States, adequate publicity should be given at gram panchayat level to inform about availability of vacant posts, the MP said.
Deputy Commissioner K. Vidyakumari said there is a trend among the youth migrating to other places in search of jobs. This might result in lack of care for the elderly population. If the industries do not give preference to local candidates who know to speak, read and write Kannada, the administration would have to enforce the rule in that regard strictly, she said.
The Deputy Commissioner also told entrepreneurs to display names of their firms boldly in Kannada (not less than 60% of the space) followed by other language. Violation attracts fine, she said adding product packages too should contain information in Kannada.
Ms. Vidyakumari asked general public to inform jurisdictional police stations if they find Bangladeshi citizens working in any industry in the district.
Joint director of industries Nagaraj V. Nayak, district small industries association president Harish Kundar and others were present.
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