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हिन्दी — Read in HindiReservation and creamy layer
Reservation, the creamy layer and the schemes for the communities it serves.
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OBC creamy layer: the income test stuck between ministries
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- ₹8 lakh a yearthe gross family income above which a candidate falls in the creamy layer, fixed by the Union Cabinet on 30 August 2017, up from ₹6 lakh
- Six monthsthe time the Supreme Court gave in March 2026 to reconsider the affected candidates' claims
- Up to two yearsthe Union's estimate, given to the Court in August, for fixing equivalence of posts in all State public sector undertakings
Also filed elsewhere
- Creamy layer among Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes: the Centre's affidavit · on Equality and reservation
The creamy layer is the better off section of a reserved group, which is excluded from the benefit of reservation so that it reaches those who need it.
- Schemes in news: PM-AJAY and PM Vishwakarma · on Social security
Two scheme updates in September, each with the facts a question can carry.