Gangtok, Sept. 27 (PTI): The Sikkim government has issued a notification mandating industries and business enterprises to employ local people as a prerequisite for obtaining trading licence, official sources said on Wednesday.
A recent notification issued by Sikkim's Urban Development Department states that prospective traders and businessmen would be given trading licences only if they employ local residents in their enterprises/shops on preferential basis. Jobs could be given to non-locals only if local people are not available for it, sources said.
The state government had recently incorporated some amendments to the Sikkim Trade Licence and Miscellaneous Provision Rules 1985, to improve the employment prospects of the local people, they said.
Under Section 12 of the amended provision, the state government may cancel the licences of such traders who fail to employ local people in their enterprises/shops on preferential basis, sources said.
The state government has directed that non-local people would have their antecedents verified by the state police and the labour department prior to their employment, they said.
The labour department has been directed to launch a registration drive of all workers employed in the state, sources said.
All traders have been directed to issue cash memos for all purchases made by the consumer or else their licences could be cancelled, they said, adding the step has been taken to check tax evasion and charging of exorbitant prices
A recent notification issued by Sikkim's Urban Development Department states that prospective traders and businessmen would be given trading licences only if they employ local residents in their enterprises/shops on preferential basis. Jobs could be given to non-locals only if local people are not available for it, sources said.
The state government had recently incorporated some amendments to the Sikkim Trade Licence and Miscellaneous Provision Rules 1985, to improve the employment prospects of the local people, they said.
Under Section 12 of the amended provision, the state government may cancel the licences of such traders who fail to employ local people in their enterprises/shops on preferential basis, sources said.
The state government has directed that non-local people would have their antecedents verified by the state police and the labour department prior to their employment, they said.
The labour department has been directed to launch a registration drive of all workers employed in the state, sources said.
All traders have been directed to issue cash memos for all purchases made by the consumer or else their licences could be cancelled, they said, adding the step has been taken to check tax evasion and charging of exorbitant prices
