After Mandal Commission recommendation 27 % quota were given to other backward classes(OBC). In Indra Sahney judgment, honourable Supreme Court in 1992 decided that socially advanced group within the OBCs should be excluded for the benefit and Government was asked to fix a criteria for these advanced group ( Creamy Layer). Initially this was fixed at an income of Rs 1 Lakh, and amended fourth time to raise upto Rs 6 Lakh on May 16, 2013.
National Commission for backward Classes ( NCBC) had recommended a ceiling of Rs 12 Lakh in metro area and Rs 9 Lakh in non-metro area.
Kumari Shelja is the Social Justice Minister of India.
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