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OBC quota
The Supreme Court on Monday asked the government to explain the decision to fix Rs 450,000 as the minimum annual income for the people among the OBCs to be regarded as "creamy lawyer" or elite who would not be eligible for various benefits.
The Supreme Court on Monday asked the Centre to explain whether the vacant OBC seats in Central Educational Institutions were being filled up by general candidates, in compliance with its earlier directive.
With elections to the Lok Sabha and some state assemblies round the corner, the government on Friday raised the income ceiling for creamy layer from Rs 2.5 lakh to Rs 4.5 lakh annually in a move that will cover more OBCs under the reservation criteria.
In a move that could end the debate over classification of creamy layer among the OBCs, the National Commission for Backward Classes is expected to give its recommendations to the government by June 30 on the revised income ceiling for their eligibility for reservation.
The Centre on Thursday approached the Supreme Court seeking vacation of the Calcutta High Court order staying the implementation of a government memorandum realating to 27 per cent quota for Other Backward Castes in post graduate courses in Indian Institutes of Management.
The Delhi High Court on Monday issued notice to the Union Government on a petition challenging the implementation of 27 per cent quota for OBCs in IIMs, other higher educational institutions and post-graduate courses.
On Monday Parliament will discuss the vexed issue of exclusion of the 'creamy layer', or the elite, from the reservation quota meant for Other Backward Classes in central higher educational institutions.
The seven existing Indian Institutes of Technology - respected globally as institutions of excellence - had opposed the opening of three more IITs in 2008 but the government went ahead anyway.- Government has decided to exclude the socially and economically advanced among the OBCs from the ambit of 27 per cent quota in higher educational institutions.
Seven IITs decided to implement 27 per cent Other Backward Classes quota in phases over three years, with the institutions reserving nine per cent seats for eligible candidates in the coming academic year.
