There is an article in TOI about PM proposing quota for jobs in private sector.

Where is India heading with all this ? You just can’t keep on bringing in reservations into every field and every sector. First reservations are brought in and then the allocated quota is increased. Quota for government jobs is for the government to decide, but why are they imposing all these restrictions on the private sector ? It’s already bad enough that people who are not good enough are passing out from engineering and medical colleges, and now you want the same thing happening to private sector too…

One of the major reasons why public sector is lagging far behind the private sector is the fact that there is reservation and quotas in public sector. Whatever the government funds, be it industries, companies, small businesses, colleges etc., government can/should decide how it wants to handle it. But why should it meddle with the private sector ? The driving force behind private sector companies is to increase profits and this is something that can not be expected if they start employing sub-standard workforce.

As far as I know, nothing much has happened by bringing in this whole system. There have been opportunities created for people from SC/ST and OBC backgrounds, but mostly they have not been utilised properly.

We should be looking at educating the best of the human resource we have and invest in those that will return the goods. You don’t want doctors who just manage to get into a medical college because they qualified quota. They are a danger to society. You don’t want engineers who aren’t creative or whose knowledge base is not sound enough. 

I for one believe that everyone has his/her own place in this world. If someone is not qualified enough to do a job, there is no use putting him up to it. The idea should never be to support SC/ST or OBCs… it should be to support economically backward people. Give aid to people who need it to goto good schools and colleges. Give aid to these people to prepare for getting into such places. Don’t just let them in when they don’t deserve it.

I am totally against this move of the government to bring in job quotas in the private sector. People in industries and companies work in groups and teams. How are people expected to work with those who they cant consider their peers ??

Again, the idea should not be to make it easy for these people to get jobs in private sector or seats in colleges. The idea should be to help them reach a point where they can, on their own, get these jobs and admissions. 

p.s. I have no issues with people from SC/ST/OBC backgrounds, but I will never be able to fully respect a person who used his SC/ST/OBC status to get an admission or a job.