Press Release on Reservation in Private Sector
An NCDHR Team met Ms. Meira Kumar, the Union Minister for Social Justice
and Empowerment on 22 June 2005 in New Delhi in order to brief the
Minister on the need for promulgation of a Central Legislation for
Reservation in Private Sector.The NCDHR team emphasised that in the Indian
society the exclusion and discrimination faced by Dalits is part of the
societal norms which has continued even in this age of information
technology. In the absence of a Legislation, any promise of welfare
measures by the Corporate sector would remain meaningless. The experience
so far has been that voluntarism has not worked in this country and is not
likely to work in near future too. The NCDHR team also emphasised that
along with the Central Legislation for Jobs in the Private Sector there
should also be a provision for Monitoring Body which should be invested
with broad legal and administrative powers. And this Monitoring Body
should be an autonomous body directly responsible to the President
of India,
which at the same time should not only monitor the implementation but
also the violation of the law in this regard. Please see the attachment.
Sd/.
J. Vincent Manoharan
General Secretary
National Campaign on Dalit Human Rights (NCDHR)
8/1, 2nd Floor, South Patel Nagar,
New Delhi-110008
Tel: +91-11-25842249
Tel/Fax: +91-11-25842250
Email: vincent09@sify.com, vincent@ncdhr.org
Website: www.dalits.org
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