Creamy Layer
25
Aug
Creamy Layer Subject – Polity Context – The Supreme Court on Tuesday held that economic criterion should not be the sole basis to identify sections of backward communities as ‘creamy layer’. Concept – Based on the recommendation of the Second Backward Classes Commission (Mandal Commission), the government in August, 1990 had notified 27% reservation for Socially and Educationally Backward Classes (SEBCs) in vacancies in civil posts and services that are to be filled on direct […]