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NASSCOM for national debate on quota policy

Staff Reporter

BANGALORE: "Reservation of jobs in the public sector has not achieved much in six decades. There is a need for a national debate on reservation in the private sector," according to NASSCOM president Kiran Karnik.

He told presspersons here on Tuesday that the Government should take industry into confidence and discuss the various issues involved. Some of them included primary education, environment and many social aspects that needed immediate attention. The discussions between the Government and industry should facilitate overall development, he said.

A lot had to be done for underprivileged groups and those who still remained disadvantaged. The Government should look into possible measures to educated and employ those who had very little access to IT, he said.

Though the IT industry had done a great deal for the overall development of the nation, he said there was always room for improvement. However, this should not be done under any pressure. Although there had been no formal dialogue with the Union Human Resource Development Ministry, NASSCOM would discuss the issues, and steps would be taken to improve the conditions of the downtrodden and provide them with more opportunities, he said.

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