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.
Source: PIB News
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