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The Haryana government has notified a law mandating private companies to reserve jobs for local candidates. The Haryana State Employment of Local Candidates Act, 2020, requires all companies, societies, trusts, partnership firms, and limited liability partnership firms to provide 75 per cent jobs with a monthly salary of up to Rs 50,000 to local candidates. The potential impact of the law can be gauged by industry’s reaction, which usually avoids criticising governments. One of the industry chambers rightly noted it would “spell disaster” for the state’s industrial development. In fact, the impact will not be limited to the state alone.
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