Revision of Income Tax criteria to exclude socially advanced person / sections ( Creamy layers ) from the purview or the reservation for Other Backward Classes ( OBCs) - income limit raised to Rs 6 lakh.

OBC creamy layer income limit raised to Rs 6 lakh. In a politically significant decision, the Union cabinet on Thursday raised the creamy layer restriction on annual income from Rs4.5 lakh to Rs6 lakh for enjoying the reservation under the Other Backward Classes (OBCs) category.

1. View DOPT Order dtd 27.05.2013 : ( for the reservation for  OBCs)

2. View Ministry of Human Resource Department  (MHRD) Order dtd 31.05.2013 ( For Central Educational Institutions )

Source : http://ccis.nic.in/WriteReadData/CircularPortal/D2/D02adm/36033_1_2013-Estt-Res.pdf