Delhi cabinet approves Rs 17 crore grant to clear pending salaries of DSFDC employeesThe Delhi government has approved a Rs 17 crore grant to clear overdue salaries of DSFDC employees. This decision will provide relief to ov...
Panel to revisit debate on including 'salary' in determining 'creamy layer' for OBC quotaA parliamentary committee is revisiting the inclusion of "salary" in determining the "creamy layer" for OBC reservations, despite addressin...
IAS Pooja Khedkar row raises question if it is time to update the OBC 'creamy layer' income ceilingControversy around Pooja Khedkar's certificate emphasizes delays in updating the 'OBC creamy layer' ceiling from Rs 8 lakh to Rs 15 lakh. I...
Govt takes OBC creamy layer to drawing boardThe social justice and empowerment ministry will begin consultations and examine the issue of increasing the ceiling limit from the present...
OBC quota: Raise creamy layer ceiling , don't count salary, farm income, says Parliamentary panelParliamentary standing on welfare of backward classes which is chaired by BJP MP Ganesh Singh in its report on 'Rationalisation of Creamy L...
Taxable income may define ‘creamy layer’, exclude backwards communities from quotaAmid the ruckus over its controversial proposal to include "salary" in determining "creamy layer" for OBCs, the government may change the i...
Centre to hike creamy layer ceiling for OBCs to Rs 12 lakhThe move is likely to have a direct bearing on the Bihar assembly elections, where OBCs comprise 41% of the population. BJP has been trying...
Govt move may lower creamy layer thresholdProposing a major change in the concept of ‘creamy layer’ for OBCs, the government may rule that ‘salary’ be considered a part of ‘gross in...
'Wealth test' tweak to help determine OBC creamy layer?"Creamy layer" is the section of backward castes which is considered economically advanced and ineligible for reservations.
Creamy layer tag deprives PSU wards of civil servicesCrucially, the axe on these OBCs this year comes despite a Delhi high court judgment in March which slammed the Centre’s method of calculat...
Government to tag creamy layer posts in PSUsFM Jaitley said the initiative, coupled with other moves, like subcategorisation of OBCs and hike in salary bar, were aimed at better targe...
BJP skips Mandal talk, keeps core voter happyTwo key OBC policies -increasing the salary bar for creamy layer and the OBC headcount in caste census still await the Centre's action.
OBC panel opposes DoPT sacking of 120 employeesDoPT excluded these qualified candidates by taking into account the income of their parents from salary as income from other sources of wea...
Raise ‘creamy layer’ to Rs 10.5 lakh: OBC panelIf accepted, the recommendation to relax the salary bar for OBC reservations would bring more backward aspirants for central jobs and educa...
Madras HC directs CBI to conduct probe into IIT-M appointmentsThe court further directed the agency to prosecute the persons responsible, if it was found that any case of illegality had been committed.
- Hike in 'creamy layer' income put off
The OBC lobby within Cong blocked the govt proposal to enhance 'creamy layer' for reservations to Rs 6 lakh, protesting it was on the lower...
- Caste no bar: Occupation's a great leveller
If occupation defines a person's social class, then the OBCs are not much behind the general population.