TopicCreamy layer

Topic: Creamy layer

How was Rs 8 lakh limit for EWS quota fixed within 2 days of 103rd amendment? SC asks Modi govt

Bhadra Sinha - 6 January, 2022

SC bench says panel to reassess reservation criteria was 'probably set up to justify' the criteria. It is likely to pronounce its verdict on petitions challenging EWS quota Friday.

Weeks before UP polls, Modi govt shelves proposal to change eligibility for OBC creamy layer

Neelam Pandey - 15 December, 2021

The proposed changes were: Increasing annual income limit for quota eligibility to Rs 12 lakh from Rs 8 lakh, and making salaries part of the gross annual income yardstick.

Why Haryana changed creamy layer rules for OBCs, and why Rs 6 lakh income cap is controversial

Chitleen K Sethi - 27 November, 2021

Haryana has said children of those earning over Rs 6 lakh annually will be part of the creamy layer, adding that it will be the sum of all sources of income.

Reactions to OBC medical quota are exposing Indians’ flawed merit argument all over again

Anurag Minus Verma - 3 August, 2021

I didn’t see any protest or anger by Savarnas against EWS quota. No one wrote: 'I will not get treated by a doctor who did their degree under EWS reservation.'

30 years since Mandal Commission recommendations — how it began and its impact today

Revathi Krishnan - 7 August, 2020

Recommendation for OBC quota in central govt institutions was implemented in 1992 while education quota came into force in 2006.

Don’t include salary while assessing annual income for OBC quota — Parliament panel in report

Moushumi Das Gupta - 17 July, 2020

Parliamentary Committee on Welfare of OBCs has also recommended increasing income ceiling for deciding OBC creamy layer from Rs 8 lakh to Rs 15 lakh.

Wary of blowback during Bihar polls, Modi govt puts OBC creamy layer tweak on backburner

Neelam Pandey - 9 July, 2020

Any bid to tamper with the quota system, even perceived, is likely to cost the BJP heavily in the Bihar elections, as it did in 2015, when RSS called for a ‘review of reservation’.

How BJP is undoing three decades of Mandal gains and still getting OBC support

Dilip Mandal - 8 July, 2020

The Modi govt wants to include salary earnings to calculate household income to determine the 'creamy layer' among OBCs. If implemented, it will exclude even the lower middle class.

OBC quota is for social backwardness, not economic, don’t change that — panel tells govt

Sanya Dhingra - 19 March, 2020

In a letter to govt, the commission has taken strong exception to its new plan to include salary as a component to determine income ceiling for creamy layer of OBCs.