REVISION OF INCOME CRITERIA TO EXCLUDE SOCIALLY ADVANCED
PERSONS/SECTIONS (CREAMY LAYER) FROM THE PURVIEW OF RESERVATION FOR OTHER
BACKWARD CLASSES (OBCS)-REG.
No. 36033/1/2013-Estt.
(Res)
Government of India
Ministry of Personnel,
Public Grievances and Pensions
Department of
Personnel &Training
North Block, New
Delhi,
Dated: September 13,
2017
OFFICE MEMORANDUM
Subject: Revision of income criteria to exclude socially
advanced persons/sections (Creamy Layer) from the purview of reservation for
Other Backward Classes (OBCs)-reg.
The undersigned is
directed to invite attention to this Department's Office Memorandum No.
36012/22/93-Estt. (SCT) dated 8th September, 1993 which, inter-alia, provided
that sons and daughters of persons having gross annual income of Rs1 lakh or
above for a period of three consecutive years would fall within the creamy
layer and would not be entitled to get the benefit of reservation available to
the Other Backward Classes. The aforesaid limit of income for determining the
creamy layer status was subsequently raised to Rs 2.5 lakh, Rs. 4.5
lakh and Rs. 6 lakh vide this Department's OM No. 36033/3/2004-Estt.
(Res) dated 09.03.2004, OM No. 36033/3/2004-Estt. (Res) dated 14.10.2008 and OM
No. 36033/1/2013-Estt. (Res) dated 27.05.2013 respectively.
2. 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 amongst the Other Backward Classes.
Accordingly, the expression "Rs. 6
lakh” under Category VI in the Schedule to this Department's aforesaid
O.M. dated 8th September, 1993 would be substituted by Rs. 8 lakh".
3. The provisions of
this office memorandum have effect from 1st September, 2017.
4. All the
Ministries/Departments are requested to bring the contents of this office
memorandum to the notice of all concerned.
Sd/-
(Debabrata Das)
Under Secretary to the Government of lndia
