Haryana to Andhra Pradesh, jobs for locals have remained on paper in states

While the Constitution makes everyone in India eligible to work anywhere in the country, states have used legal loopholes to frame laws

Earlier this week, the governor of Haryana cleared a law passed by the assembly last year that reserves 75 per cent of new jobs with salaries below Rs 50,000 a month for locals.

In June 2019, the newly formed Y S Jagan Mohan Reddy government in Andhra Pradesh had passed a law in the state assembly to reserve 75 per cent of jobs to locals, but it has not been enforced with rigour so far.

Earlier, too, several large states have shown similar intent. In Madhya Pradesh, Kamal Nath’s government that came to power in December 2018 was considering a