July 27, 2015
Kalaivaraikalai
Annual income criteria for OBC: Recommendation to increase the creamy layer from Rs. 6 lakh to Rs.10.5 lakhs.
On the
question asked in Rajya Sabha whether National Commission for OBC has
recommended recently to increase the creamy layer from Rs. 6 lakhs to
Rs. 10.5 lakhs the concerned ministry has replied that the
recommendation of the National Commission for Backward Classes in this
regard was received and the same has been sent to Department of
Personnel & Training.
GOVERNMENT OF INDIA
MINISTRY OF SOCIAL JUSTICE AND EMPOWERMENT
RAJYA SABHA
QUESTION NO 431 ANSWERED ON 23.07.2015
Annual income criteria for OBC
431 Shri Devender Goud T.
Will the Minister of SOCIAL JUSTICE AND EMPOWERMENT be pleased to satate :-
(a) whether it is a fact that the annual income criteria for creamy layer for OBCs has to be revised once in every three years;
(b) if so, whether income criteria has been revised only three times since 1993;
(c) the reasons for not complying with the statutory obligation with regard to income criteria for OBCs;
(d) whether National Commission for OBC has recommended recently to increase the creamy layer from Rs. 6 lakhs to Rs. 10.5 lakhs; and
(e) if so, action taken on the above recommendation so far?
(a) whether it is a fact that the annual income criteria for creamy layer for OBCs has to be revised once in every three years;
(b) if so, whether income criteria has been revised only three times since 1993;
(c) the reasons for not complying with the statutory obligation with regard to income criteria for OBCs;
(d) whether National Commission for OBC has recommended recently to increase the creamy layer from Rs. 6 lakhs to Rs. 10.5 lakhs; and
(e) if so, action taken on the above recommendation so far?
ANSWER
MINISTER OF STATE FOR SOCIAL JUSTICE AND EMPOWERMENT
(SHRI KISHAN PAL GURJAR)
(a) to
(c): An Expert Committee set up in 1993 recommended for income criteria
of Rs. 1 lakh per annum. The Expert Committee observed that since the
Rupee value is bound to undergo change, the income criteria in terms of
Rupees will accordingly stand modified with the change in value. The
modification exercise may, normally speaking, be undertaken in every
three years but if the situation demands, an interregnum may be less.
Keeping
in view the recommendations of the Expert Committee, Government of
India decided to constitute a Review Committee to consider the issue of
modification of income criteria and circulated a Cabinet Note in March,
1999. The Cabinet approved constituting the Review Committee in its
meeting on 27.11.2001. With the approval of the Hon’ble Prime Minister,
the work relating to review the income criteria to exclude cream layer
was entrusted to the National Commission for Backward Classes. The
National Commission for Backward Classes (NCBC) submitted its report in
January, 2004. The income criteria were revised on 9.3.2004. Hence,
there was no delay in effecting the first revision of income criteria.
NCBC was requested to review in December, 2007 and they submitted their
report in July, 2008. After inter-ministerial consultation and the
approval of Cabinet, the second revision was effected in October, 2008.
Again, in July 2011, NCBC was requested to review the same and they
submitted a report in September, 2011. The Cabinet approved on
16.05.2013 the revision of income criteria from 4.5 lakhs to 6.00 lakhs
and, accordingly the 3rd revision was effected w.e.f. 16.05.2013.
(d)
& (e): The recommendation of the National Commission for Backward
Classes in this regard was received and the same has been sent to
Department of Personnel & Training.
Source: RajyaSabha.nic.in
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