OBC creamy layer bar raised to Rs 8 lakh per annum

New Delhi Sep 13 (IANS) The Central government on Wednesday raised the creamy layer ceiling for OBC reservation for securing government jobs to Rs 8 lakh from the existing Rs 6 lakh per year said an official order.

"It has now been decided to raise the income limit from Rs 6 lakh to Rs 8 lakh per annum for determining the creamy layer among the Other Backward Classes " said the order issued by Department of Personnel and Training (DoPT).

"The provisions of this office memorandum have effect from September 1 2017 " it added.

Union Finance Minister Arun Jaitley had after a cabinet meeting on August 23 said that OBC families earning up to Rs 8 lakh per annum will not be considered in the creamy layer . Earlier this ceiling was Rs 6 lakh per annum.

"The cabinet was apprised that the creamy layer criterion limit has been raised to Rs 8 lakh annually for the central government " he said.

Jaitley had said the National Commission for Backward Classes had given its recommendation in 2011 that there should be sub-categorisaion and the Parliamentary Standing Committee had also given such a recommendation.

The Supreme Court in its November 1992 order had observed that there is nc Constitutional or legal bar to a state categorising backward classes as backward or more backward.

--IANS
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