The Department of Industrial Policy and Promotion has asked India Inc to incorporate data of SC/STs recruited from January 1, 2007 onwards in their annual reports for the financial year ending March 2007.
If the department is not convinced with the quantum of voluntary affirmative action by companies, it will enact a legislation for mandatory reservation in the first quarter of 2007-08.
Corporates, however, are wary of hiring their workforce on the basis of caste, as they believe it would create a rift between employees and affect the firms' productivity.
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