Repair creamy layer standards at once, say MPs | India Information

NEW DELHI: The dual controversies over dedication of “creamy layer” for OBCs — pending revision of earnings ceiling and the apply of together with “wage” within the “earnings” of backward candidates with PSU background qualifying UPSC exams — echoed within the assembly of a parliamentary panel on Wednesday, with members demanding that they be settled with out additional delay.
The MPs complained that clubbing “wage” in “earnings” is hurting OBC candidates qualifying the civil providers examinations.
Sources mentioned members, together with one from BJP, within the Parliamentary Committee on Welfare of OBCs, headed by BJP MP Ganesh Singh, questioned govt concerning the non-revision of earnings ceiling for OBC reservations. They lamented it was final performed in 2017 and is caught at Rs 8 lakh.
As per norms, the earnings ceiling is to be revised each three years to consider inflation.
With the secretary of social justice and empowerment and a senior DoPT official in attendance, sources mentioned the panel members demanded that the revision be clinched at once.