The State government has made it mandatory for industries seeking various incentives to provide 70 per cent employment to locals in the state.
Nath on Monday stated that his government was implementing the poll promise, which was a part of the Congress' manifesto for the 2018 assembly elections, by asking industries to provide 70 per cent jobs to local youths.
"'Vachan Patra Ke Vaaydon Par Amal Karte Huye Humne Rajya Sarkar Dwara Poshit Sabhi Udyogon Mein 70 Fisadi Rojgar Madhya Pradesh Ke Sthaniya Logon Ke Liye Anivarya Kar Diya'.
(While implementing the promises in manifesto, we have made it mandatory to all industries incentivised by the state government to hire 70 per cent local people of Madhya Pradesh)," Nath said in a tweet.
Hours after taking over as the chief minister on December 17 last year, Nath had announced that the incentives would be granted to those industries that give 70 per cent of jobs to the local youths.
The announcement came at a time when the Congress and other parties have been aggressively raising the issue of shrinking employment opportunities under the Narendra Modi government.
Nath's statement on the job scenario in Madhya Pradesh had created a controversy in December, 208 when he had claimed that local youths are losing their jobs to migrants from Bihar and Uttar Pradesh.
He had said, "Our schemes of providing incentives of investment will only be imposed after 70 per cent people from Madhya Pradesh get employment. People from states like Bihar and Uttar Pradesh come here and local people don't get jobs. I have signed the file for this.”