sirgalahad2010
23-04-2006, 05:31 PM
R. Seshasayee (president of the Confederation of Indian Industry, CII):
"Mandatory reservation in any form is not conducive to competitiveness of the industry. It is not acceptable. We are an externally engaged economy. If such a law (the Indian govt's proposed legislation to introduce an affirmative action programme to reserve jobs in the private sector for the socially disadvantaged due to the caste system) is brought in, these MNCs might say why should we set up shop here and they will move out. If the legislation is only for domestic industry, it will still be detrimental".
Saroj Kumar Poddar (president, Federation of Indian Chambers of Commerce and Industry, FICCI):
"The issue will have to be addressed at the root and this cannot be done merely through reservation...Indeed, the result of introduction of quota system in the private sector could be contrary to the intentions of a well-meaning government".
Azim Premji, head of Indian software giant Wipro:
"We have no alternative but to hire the best talent available within India and the best talent available globally to man our positions. We compete with global companies. We are primarily in the service business... Service business is highly people-dependent. People make you (the company) successful or the people make you less successful".
The Indian govt is also considering legislation to widen affirmative action by reserving college seats for students belonging to socially underprivileged sections in coveted professional courses like engineering, medicine and management. This seems to be just as controversial as the other proposed measure to reserve jobs in the private sector for the "socially disadvantaged".
Now I may be wrong, but I don't mind betting RM100 (to be donated to the St Vincent de Paul Society in Msia) that this topic wasn't covered in the Msian papers.
"Mandatory reservation in any form is not conducive to competitiveness of the industry. It is not acceptable. We are an externally engaged economy. If such a law (the Indian govt's proposed legislation to introduce an affirmative action programme to reserve jobs in the private sector for the socially disadvantaged due to the caste system) is brought in, these MNCs might say why should we set up shop here and they will move out. If the legislation is only for domestic industry, it will still be detrimental".
Saroj Kumar Poddar (president, Federation of Indian Chambers of Commerce and Industry, FICCI):
"The issue will have to be addressed at the root and this cannot be done merely through reservation...Indeed, the result of introduction of quota system in the private sector could be contrary to the intentions of a well-meaning government".
Azim Premji, head of Indian software giant Wipro:
"We have no alternative but to hire the best talent available within India and the best talent available globally to man our positions. We compete with global companies. We are primarily in the service business... Service business is highly people-dependent. People make you (the company) successful or the people make you less successful".
The Indian govt is also considering legislation to widen affirmative action by reserving college seats for students belonging to socially underprivileged sections in coveted professional courses like engineering, medicine and management. This seems to be just as controversial as the other proposed measure to reserve jobs in the private sector for the "socially disadvantaged".
Now I may be wrong, but I don't mind betting RM100 (to be donated to the St Vincent de Paul Society in Msia) that this topic wasn't covered in the Msian papers.