Govt rules out hike in OBC ‘creamy layer’ income limitThe Centre has decided not to raise the ‘creamy layer’ income ceiling for OBC reservations, currently set at Rs 8 lakh per year, despite th...
13 Oct, 2025, 01.36 PM IST
Need of the hour to revise creamy layer income ceiling for OBCs: Parliamentary panelA parliamentary panel urges revising the OBC creamy layer income ceiling, last updated in 2017, to include more eligible families due to in...
08 Aug, 2025, 02.37 PM IST
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...
16 Jul, 2024, 12.09 PM IST
No proposal to hike OBC non-creamy layer income ceiling, existing Rs 8 lakh sufficient: CentreCongress member Dean Kuriakose had sought to know if there was any proposal to increase the OBC non-creamy layer annual income limit from t...
07 Feb, 2023, 07.43 PM IST
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...
30 Jul, 2020, 06.53 PM IST
Higher income ceiling for OBC ‘creamy layer’?This income ceiling to weed out “creamy layer” has been a bone of contention for a long time.
24 Mar, 2019, 10.53 AM IST
MPs, MLAs fall in OBC creamy layer: OBC panelThe panel argued that the election of members to Parliament and state legislatures, indicated their 'social elevation' which makes them a p...
06 May, 2015, 10.13 AM IST
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...
05 May, 2015, 10.22 AM IST
Income limit to determine creamy layer be hiked: ChandyGovt was of the view that income limit to determine "creamy layer" among OBCs eligible for reservation should be raised from the existing l...
26 Mar, 2013, 03.48 PM IST
- 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...
15 Jun, 2012, 04.13 AM IST
- Proposal for raising income ceiling of OBC creamy layer deferred
Government today deferred a proposal to raise the income ceiling from Rs 4.5 lakh p.a. to Rs 6 lakh of the creamy layer OBC candidates.
14 Jun, 2012, 04.20 PM IST
- Cutoff for OBC 'creamy layer' may be raised to Rs 7 lakh/year
The Centre may revise 'creamy layer' for OBCs at around or less than Rs 7 lakh per annum, diluting the existing ceiling of Rs 4.5 lakh.
11 Jun, 2012, 05.41 AM IST
- Govt to revise creamy layer income criteria
UPA govt will come up with a revised income criteria applicable for the ‘creamy layer’ OBC categories to adjust more of such categories wit...
30 Sep, 2008, 03.43 AM IST
- Richer OBCs may get quota benefits
The annual income ceiling to determine the creamy layer among the other backward classes (OBC) is expected to be raised from Rs 2.5 lakh to...
01 Jul, 2008, 02.32 AM IST
- Revised income ceiling for OBC creamy layer by June 30
National Commission for Backward Classes is expected to give its recommendations to govt by June 30 on the revised income ceiling.
15 Jun, 2008, 11.28 AM IST
- Revised income ceiling for OBC creamy layer by June 30
In a move that could end the debate over classification of creamy layer among the OBCs, the National Commission for Backward Classes is exp...
15 Jun, 2008, 11.25 AM IST
- Govt to revise income criteria for creamy layer in OBCs
The government is revising the existing ceiling for income and wealth to determine the creamy layer or the affluent among the other backwar...
10 May, 2008, 05.26 AM IST