Gurgaon: Some industries want the Haryana government to reconsider their plans to reserve 75% of private-sector jobs for local candidates. Several large industries and MNCs believe that the new arrangement might complicate getting the required skilled workforce.A senior representative of an industry body on Tuesday expressed his doubts about the feasibility of such a move. Similarly, another body representing auto components manufacturers recently wrote to the chief minister appealing the government to reconsider any proposal to reserve 75% jobs for locals.The senior representative, who did not wish to be named, added that such a move can have repercussions.Seventy-five percent of the private-sector jobs in Haryana will be reserved for local candidates as per a proposed ordinance cleared by the state cabinet on Monday.The proposed move can have wider implications since a large number of MNCs and Indian corporates are based in Gurgaon and other NCR cities which are within the state.The draft of the ordinance will be placed before the Council of Ministers in its next meeting.“One you are dissuading new investments which are supposed to come into the state, especially by large scale companies and MNCs. Second thing is that companies which are already present may put on hold any expansion plans they may have and may opt for other destinations like Hyderabad, Karnataka, Pune, Gujarat and even Punjab or Uttar Pradesh,” he said.The senior representative further said that the plan will not impact micro-units or smaller units as they can still engage localities. However, medium and large-scale companies and MNCs will be adversely impacted.He pointed out that adhering to the 75% reservation plan might not be possible for the companies which have already recruited their workforce.“Will they sack those who are already employed?” And the companies which require skilled to a highly-skilled workforce would not be able to meet that demand from just the locals, he said.Notably, the reservation of 75% jobs in the private sector to the youth of the state was a key poll promise of the Deputy Chief Minister Dushyant Chautala’s Jannayak Janta Party (JPP), which is the coalition partner of the BJP.The cabinet, which had met under the chairmanship of the Chief Minister Manohar Lal Khattar on Monday, had approved the proposal “for drafting Haryana State Employment of Local Candidates Ordinance, 2020” to address the aspect of unemployment of the local population on a priority basis, an official statement said.After the meeting, Chautala said, “Today is a historical day as now this would be mandatory for the industries or companies in private sector to give 75% jobs to the Haryana youths.”Over a week ago, a prominent body representing automotive components manufacturers had written to Chief Minister M L Khattar making a representation to reconsider the proposal for 75% reservation in private jobs for locals.The letter pointed out that Haryana has a presence of several large-scale global vehicle manufacturers such as Maruti Suzuki, Hero MotoCorp, Honda Motorcycles and Scooters, JCB, and their ancillaries. The auto industry contributes more than 25% of the state GDP of Haryana; moreover, the industry not only caters to the domestic demand, but also to international markets.It was further pointed out that the industry requires skilled workforce to produce high-quality products that are globally competitive, and hiring is done on the basis of talent and skills needed rather than the domicile of the candidates.The body sought Khattar’s urgent intervention to reconsider mandating 75% employment of local people in the industry in Haryana, pointing out that it will be detrimental to the future growth of the industry in the state.An official statement stated that the draft of the Ordinance will be brought before the Council of Minister in its next meeting, which will direct privately managed companies, Societies, Trusts, Limited Liability Partnership Firms, partnership firms etc to reserve 75% of the new jobs with a salary of less than Rs 50,000 per month for the locals,Exemption clause shall also be provided if suitable local candidates are not available for a particular category of industry.