Is Affirmative Action Policy for Private Sector Necessary?
Published: 2008
Author(s) Name: S. Madheswaran
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Abstract
While, from the very beginning,
other countries have used various
affirmative action policies in both
public and private sectors, India
confined such a policy only to the
state and public sectors and
excluded the vast private sector.
This paper examines the issues
involved in the extension of
affirmative action policy to the
private sector in India. In the light
of empirical findings and
international experience, the paper
suggests that the government could
enact the Equal Opportunity Laws
to provide legal safeguards against
discrimination and proceed with
the effective implementation of the
recent initiative by the Ministry of
Minority Affairs, Diversity Index.
The incentive based system linked
to Diversity seems to be a long term
and more efficient solution to
ensure that the marginalized social
groups will get a larger share in the
private sector.
Keywords : Affarmative action policies, Equal oppurtunity laws
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