OBC Reservation

Article 340 of the Constitution provides for the appointment of a Commission to investigate the conditions of and the difficulties faced by the Socially and Educationally Backward Classes and to make appropriate recommendations .

The article reads as under :-
“ 340. Appointment of a Commission to investigate the conditions of backward classes –

1. The President may by order appoint a Commission consisting of such persons as he thinks fit to investigate the conditions of the socially and educationally backward classes within the territory of India and the difficulties under which they labour and to make recommendations as to the steps that should be taken by the Union or any State to remove such difficulties and to improve their condition and as to the grants that should be made for the purpose by the Union or any state and the conditions subject to which such grants should be made, and the order appointing such commission shall define the procedure to be followed by the Commission.
2. A Commission so appointed shall investigate the matters referred to them and present to the President a report setting out the facts as found by them and make such recommendations as they think proper.
3. The President shall cause a copy of the report so presented together with a memorandum explaining the action taken thereon to be laid before each house of Parliament. ”

Mandal Commission report formed the basis of OBC Reservation. There is 27% reservation for the Other Backward Classes. 

NCBC Act 1993 is the statutory law which provides for the constitution of National Commission for Backward Classes as mentioned in the Art. 340 of the Constitution.

What is Creamy Layer?

The Government of India has evolved the criteria for exclusion of certain socially advanced persons/sections from the benefits of reservation available to OBCs in civil posts and services under the Government of India and this is called the "Creamy Layer criteria".

Sons and daughters of persons having gross annual income of Rs. 6 lacs and above (as per 2013 circular) are included in the Creamy Layer. 

Sons and Daughters of directly recruited Group A or Group B Officers (both parents) and many such other conditions are there.

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