IAS Exam: Criteria for Creamy Layer among OBCs
The following criteria has been fixed for assessing ‘Creamy Layer’ among OBCs for purposes of exclusion from reservation in civil posts and services under the state:
1. Persons having gross annual income of Rs. 2.5 lakh or above or possessing wealth above the exemption limit as prescribed in the Wealth Act for a period of three consecutive years.
2. The son(s) and daughter(s) of persons holding the following Constitutional posts come within the creamy layer:(a) President of India
(b) Vice President of India
(c) Judges of the Supreme Court and of the High Courts,
(d) Chairman and Members of UPSC and of the State Public Service Commission; Chief Election Commissioner; Comptroller and Auditor General of India
(e) Persons holding Constitutional positions of like nature
3. The son (s) and daughter(s) of(a) Group A/Class I officers of the All India Central and State Services (Direct
recruits),(b) Officers holding equivalent or comparable posts in PSUs, banks, insurance organisations, universities etc.
(c) Officers holding equivalent or comparable posts in private employment,
(d) Persons engaged in profession as a doctor, lawyer, chartered accountant, income-tax consultant, financial or management consultant, dental surgeon, engineer, architect, computer specialist, film artists and other film professionals, author, playwright, sports person, sports professional, media professional or any other vocations of like status.
(e) Persons engaged in trade, business and industry (either of the spouse),
(f) Son(s) and daughter(s) of persons belonging to a family (father, mother and minor children) which owns
(i) only irrigated land which is equal to or more than 85% of the statutory ceiling area, or
(ii) both irrigated and unirrigated land, as follows: The rule of exclusion will apply where the pre-condition exists that the irrigated area (having been brought to a single type under a common denominator) 40% or more of the statutory ceiling for irrigated land (this being calculated by excluding the unirrigated portion). If this pre-condition of not less than 40% exists, then only the area of unirrigated land will be taken into account. This will be done by converting the unirrigated land on the basis of the conversion formula existing, into the irrigated type. The irrigated area so computed from unirrigated land shall be added to the actual area of irrigated land and if after such clubbing together the total area in terms of irrigated land is 80% or more of the statutory ceiling limit for irrigated land, then the rule of exclusion will apply and disentitlement will occur.
(g) Persons owning plantations deemed as agricultural holding and hence criteria as above in (f) (ii) under this category will apply.
The income criteria which was Rs. one lakh for purposes of exclusion was revised to Rs. 2.5 lakh from March 9, 2004.
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