Question

Write a short essay on Reservation in Private Sector(At least 200 words)

Answer 1

It is a bitter truth that reservation has resulted in mediocrity and repudiation of quality. With the help of legislative support of reservation, the ineligible have been promoted to the high posts and the better qualified with high marks have just been looking the injustice being done to them for no fault of theirs.

The basic concept of providing reservation to downtrodden society called Schedule Caste and Schedule Tribe, initially through our Constitution has altogether changed now. Reservation might have provided some relief to the people from poor and downtrodden sections who had scarce opportunities but the same could have been provided through subsidized better education and other support services. Once a concession or any kind of privilege is extended to a particular class it is impossible for any government to withdraw it in a democracy where voting decides the fate of any party.

Indian democracy is called by some thinkers as mob-cracy, where the illiterate mob,decides the fate of the political parties. The privilege of reservation once given was extended every time as to withdrawing of this privilege means definite removal of the ruling party from the power in the next election. The opposition party or other regional parties can assure to grant the privilege if voted for power. This issue of reservation has become a political concession to gamer vote banks

Reservation in government jobs was opposed many times by other classes and justifiable after 56 years of independence. Reservation means jobs to be incompetents at the cost of other competent and more efficient intellectuals.

In the present scenario the things have altogether changed. Both government lid private sector are strengthening educational and training facilities and the government is subsidizing education even at IIMS so there is no ground for continuing with the reservation policy.

Now the point of extending reservation to the private sector is also being raised from the political platform, little realizing the disastrous consequences for the country. It is argued by protagonists of extending reservation in private sector also, that with globalization and the withdrawal of State from many spheres under the liberalization the little room is left for the reserved class to get jobs . .If the prevalence of discriminations the justification for reservation in public sector why can be the reason for reservation in private sector. In countries like U.S., Northern Malaysia and others in Latin America, affirmative action was developed every beginning both in public and the private sector. As such the demand for reservation in the private sector is being raised in order to set off the long to the reserved category or so called untouchables. It is further demanded an Equal Employment Opportunity Act (as in United States) so as to provide safeguards against discrimination. This could be supplemented by affirmative action in terms of reservation in some categories of jobs and other markets.