Proposal to rise the creamy layer from 6 to 10.5 lakhs
On 23rd of this month, some questions
asked in Parliament related to Creamy Layer by the member of Shri T
Devender Goud, the concerned department answered as follows…
Annual income criteria for OBC
“An Expert Committee set up in 1993
recommended for income criteria of Rs. 1 lakh per annum. The Expert
Committee observed that since the Rupee value is bound to undergo
change, the income criteria in terms of Rupees will accordingly stand
modified with the change in value. The modification exercise may,
normally speaking, be undertaken in every three years but if the
situation demands, an interregnum may be less.
Keeping in view the recommendations of
the Expert Committee, Government of India decided to constitute a Review
Committee to consider the issue of modification of income criteria and
circulated a Cabinet Note in March, 1999. The Cabinet approved
constituting the Review Committee in its meeting on 27.11.2001. With the
approval of the Hon’ble Prime Minister, the work relating to review the
income criteria to exclude cream layer was entrusted to the National
Commission for Backward Classes.
The National Commission for Backward
Classes (NCBC) submitted its report in January, 2004. The income
criteria were revised on 9.3.2004. Hence, there was no delay in
effecting the first revision of income criteria. NCBC was requested to
review in December, 2007 and they submitted their report in July, 2008.
After inter-ministerial consultation and the approval of Cabinet, the
second revision was effected in October, 2008. Again, in July 2011, NCBC
was requested to review the same and they submitted a report in
September, 2011. The Cabinet approved on 16.05.2013 the revision of
income criteria from 4.5 lakhs to 6.00 lakhs and, accordingly the 3rd
revision was effected w.e.f. 16.05.2013.
The recommendation of the National
Commission for Backward Classes in this regard was received and the same
has been sent to Department of Personnel & Training”.
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