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OBC reservations: Criteria evolved to identify creamy layer PSU, bank posts

A proposal to this effect was examined and approved by a panel of ministers

Yogi Adityanath welcomes Centre's decision on raising OBC creamy layer bar

He also lauded the decision of the government to increase the ceiling of creamy layer by Rs 2 lakh

Modi govt's Mandal redux with panel to ensure quota benefits reach OBCs

New Delhi, August 23In a decision with abundant electoral possibilities, the Narendra Modi-led union cabinet on Wednesday approved setting up of a commission to examine whether sub-quotas need to be created for the marginalized castes in the central list of the Other Backward Classes (OBCs). This sub-quota would be constituted within the existing 27 per cent reservation for socially and educationally backward classes. The cabinet also increased the creamy layer ceiling for the OBC category to Rs 8 lakh per annum from the existing Rs 6 lakh for central government jobs.Briefing reporters after the cabinet meeting, Finance Minister Arun Jaitley said 11 states, including Andhra Pradesh, Telangana, Jharkhand, Puducherry, Karnataka, Bihar, Maharashtra, Tamil Nadu, West Bengal and the Jammu region in Jammu and Kashmir, already have such categorisation in state government jobs. There is no sub-categorisation in the central list. The proposed commission will examine the extent of inequitable ..

Panel to examine sub-categorisation of OBCs to be set up: Jaitley

He added that the chairperson of Commission is yet to be appointed

OBC reservation: Creamy layer ceiling raised to Rs 8 lakh

Those in OBC category earning upto Rs 8 lakh annually will be included in reservation benefits