Belagavi/Bengaluru: The state labour department will bring in two new legislations on reservation of jobs for Kannadigas in the private sector.With the 2018 assembly elections around the corner, the labour department said the Kannadiga reservation policy will be announced in the 2017 state budget and brought immediately before the legislature for its approval.The legislations, one meant for the IT-BT sector and another for other private industries operating in the state, will be based on the 1986 report on reservation for Kannadigas, prepared by Dr Sarojini Mahishi.Labour minister Santosh Lad told TOI: “We are almost ready with the legislations and only need to present them before the legislature for its approval. The legislations will be part of the 2017 state budget.”According to preliminary information on the legislation, while no reservations will be applicable for Group A and Group B (technical and white collar jobs) in the IT-BT sector, there will be a certain percentage of reservation for the same category in other private sector industries in the state.But the majority reservation will be provided for Kannadigas in Group C and Group D jobs (blue collar and unskilled labour) in the private sector. The reservation will be a whopping 70% in each of these categories.The department had initially wanted to implement a single legislation for the entire private sector, with reservation across all technical, skilled and unskilled jobs in the state. However, citing serious concerns in the IT-BT sector which will want skilled personnel from across the country, the department has decided to split the legislation for the sector.While plans were on to introduce the legislations at the Belagavi session itself, due to technical reasons and on the advice of chief minister Siddaramaiah, they will be made part of the 2017 budgetary promise and later presented during the budget session.The Kannada Development Authority (KDA), which is an agency to implement the Mahishi report, has welcomed the proposed labour laws.“While we are not much concerned about Group A and B jobs, it is Group C and D where reservation is required in the private sector. The labour department must ensure uniformity in reservation in the legislation for both IT-BT and other private sector industries for Group C and D,” said KDA chairman L Hanumanthaiah.Incidentally, the KDA was not consulted by the labour department before the policy was prepared.DISABLED QUOTAApart from reservation for Kannadigas in the private sector, the labour department is also mooting a 3% reservation for the disabled. The criteria for the disability quota is being worked on by the department.