The Hindu : Karnataka / Bangalore News : Let the private sector decide on reservation

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Saturday, May 20, 2006

Karnataka

Karnataka - Bangalore

Let the private sector decide on reservation

Corporates should be allowed to evolve their own policy on reservation in jobs, feel our readers

Evolving a policy

THERE HAS been reservation in education, government service and in public sector for at least five decades. Carrying reservation into more sectors may amount to encouraging the "backward" tag to stay on for another generation.

The private sector can evolve its own policy, giving backward community job seekers equal opportunity. Many companies are already doing so.

G.S. Hegde,

Lingarajapuram

Provide opportunities

IS IT necessary for keeping in with the liberal economy policy to extend reservation to the private sector? Most corporates go by a candidate's qualification, aptitude and experience and not by the community he or she belongs to. What is necessary is to see that the youth from all backgrounds get opportunities in higher education, irrespective of their family income.

S. Pishe,

Indiranagar

Dividing people

THE AGITATION by medical students and doctors across the country has revealed the strong opposition to providing more reservation. What has been happening all these years is a way of dividing people on the lines of caste and community. Let the private sector decide for itself. Jayalakshmi S.,

Ulsoor

Voluntary support

THE CONCEPT of affirmative action calls for voluntary support from potential employers. It cannot and should not be imposed by the government. Most private companies carefully weigh a candidate's qualifications for a job and not his or her community. This is a healthy trend that should not be destroyed for creating vote banks.

D.S. Manjunath,

R.T. Nagar

A stumbling block

RESERVATION FOR decades has benefited only a small section of the backward communities and minorities. If our economic growth is to be sustained and India should occupy its rightful place in a global economy, reservation in the private sector may come in the way .

K. Bhaskar,

Jayanagar

Political gimmick

EXTENDING RESERVATION to the private sector is another political gimmick. Sections of medical students are divided and bitterly opposing or supporting reservations.

The question of seeking out qualified persons from backward communities should be left to the private managements.

Farha M.,

Fraser Town

NEXT WEEK: With colleges reopening for another academic year, the question of dress code on college campuses and whether mobile phones should be allowed on campuses looms large. For many students mobile phones are necessary to keep in touch with their parents. Readers are invited to send their views to The Hindu, 19 & 21 Bhagwan Mahaver Road, Bangalore 560 001, or email bglreflections@thehindu.co.in

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