Karnataka must junk quota non-solution

Forcing firms to look within the local talent pool for half of managerial and 70% of non-managerial jobs, with onerous compliances, would surely impact the state’s growth momentum. Karnataka’s Bill on reservation for Kannadigas in private sector jobs is not just regressive, but also may not prove to be the political quick fix the government wants. Given that unemployment in the state has stayed significantly lower than the national average for some years now, the draft legislation has more to do with discontentment among locals over quality of employment than with joblessness