Dear Comrades,
Union Cabinet yesterday approved to increase the limit of 'Creamy layer' bar from Rs.4.50 lakh to Rs.6 lakh.
Revision of Income Criterion to exclude Socially Advanced Persons/
Sections (Creamy Layer) from list of other Backward Classes (OBCs)
The Union Cabinet today gave its approval for increase in the present
income criterion of Rs. 4.5 lakh per annum for applying the Creamy Layer
restriction throughout the country, for excluding Socially Advanced
Persons/Sections (Creamy Layer) from the purview of reservation of Other
Backward Classes (OBCs).
The new income criterion will be Rs. 6 lakh per annum. The increase in
the income limit to exclude the Creamy Layer is in keeping with the
increase in the Consumer Price Index and would enable more persons to
take advantage of reservation benefits extended to OBCs in government
services and admission to central educational institutions.
This would bring about equity and greater inclusiveness in society. The
Department of Personnel and Training and the Ministry of Human Resource
Development would issue necessary orders to this effect.
PIB
