Nirmal Singh Lotus

The famous creamy layer OBC concept will now be extended to PSUs and financial institutions in the country, Arun Jaitley said. It has been more than 24 years since the OBC creamy layer was introduced by the government. On Wednesday, the Union Cabinet revealed that the government had been planning to extend the reservations further. The concept of creamy layer in OBC was just limited to central government but now the limit of Rs 8 lakh will now applicable for financial institutes and Public Sector Undertakings [PSUs]. - Nirmal Singh Lotus Nirmal Singh Lotus says t he annual ceiling limit was raised from 6 lakh to 8 lakh last week and this week, it is being reported that the reservations for other backward classes [OBC] will be extended. The reservations are decided on the basis of the status and income of the applicants in 1993. The fact that the creamy layer didn’t extend to financial institutes and public sector undertakings didn’t sit well with the government. To prov...