Lok Sabha Question No. 4429 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2021-03-23
Subject: Issuance of OBC Non-Creamy Layer Certificates
Ministry: SOCIAL JUSTICE AND EMPOWERMENT
Asked by: Janardan Singh Sigriwal

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF SOCIAL JUSTICE AND EMPOWERMENT LOK SABHA

UNSTARRED QUESTION NO.4429 TO BE ANSWERED ON 23.03.2021

## ISSUANCE OF OBC NON-CREAMY LA YER CERTIFICATES

## 4429 . SHRI JANARDAN SINGH SIGRIWAL:

Will the Minister of SOCIAL JUSTICE AND EMPOWERMENT be pleased to state:

- (a) the criteria and income limit fixed for issuance of Other Backward Classes (OBCs)- NonCreamy Layer (NCL) certificates to children of Central/State Government employees;
- (b) whether the Government has taken note of difficulties being faced by the dependent children of the said Government employee who have crossed the income limit for issuance of OBC-NCL of the Government thereon;
- whether the Government has issued any guidelines for issuance of OBC-NCL certificate to dependent children of Group B or C appointees whose annual income exceeds the threshold criteria;
- (d) if s0, the details thereof indicating the relevant notifications and guidelines issued by the Government in this regard and if not; the reasons therefor; and
- (e whether the Government is considering/proposes any plan to simplify the process and clarify the   provisions and issue   fresh such applicants with regard to issuance of OBC-NCL certificate, if so, the details thereof and if not; the reasons therefor?

## ANSWER

## MINISTER OF STATE FOR SOCIAL JUSTICE AND EMPOWERMENT (SHRI KRISHAN PAL GURJAR)

(a): As per Guidelines issued by the DoPT, son(s) and daughter(s) of following categories of Central/State Government employees shall be treated as falling in creamy layer:

- a. parents, both of whom are directly recruited Class IGroup A officers;
- C. parents, both of whom are directly recruited Class IGroup A officers, but one of them dies or suffers permanent incapacitation;
3. b\_ parents, either f whom is a directly recruited Class IGroup A officer;
4. d\_ parents, either of whom is a directly recruited Class IGroup A officer and such parent dies or suffers permanent incapacitation and before such death O such incapacitation has had the benefit of employment in any International Orgainsaton like UN, IMF, World Bank; etc. for a of not less than 5 years; period
5. e parents, both of whom are directly recruited Class I/Group A them die or suffer permanent   incapacitation and before such death or such incapacitation of the both, either of them has had the benefit of employment in any International Orgainsation like UN, IMF , World Bank; etc. for a of not less than 5 years; period
- f. parents both of whom are directly recruited Class II/Group B officers;
7. Parents, both of whom are directly recruited Class Il/Group B officers and one of them dies or suffers permanent incapacitation and either of them has had the benefit of employment in any International Organisation like UN, IMF, World Bank; etc. for a period of not less than 5 years;
8. g parents of whom only the husband is a directly recruited Class Il/Group B officer and he gets into Class IGroup A at the age of 40 or earlier;
9. parents of whom the husband is a Class I/Group A officer (direct recruit O pre-forty promoted) and the wife is a directly recruited Class ILGroup B officer and the wife dies; or suffers permanent incapacitation; and
10. j: parents, of whom wife is a Class  IGroup A officer  (Direct Recruit or pre-forty promoted) and the husband is a directly recruited Class Il/Group B officer and the husband dies or suffers permanent incapacitation:

Further sons and daughters of following categories of Central/State Government employees shall not be treated as falling in creamy layer:

- 1\_ parents either of whom or both of whom A officer(s) and such parent(s) and such parent(s) diesldie or sufferslsuffer permanent incapacitation;
- ii. parents both of whom are directly recruited Class II/Group B officers and one of them dies or suffers permanent incapacitation;
- iii. parents both of whom are directly recruited Class Il/Group B officers and both of them dies or suffer permanent incapacitation, even though either of them has had the benefit of employment in any International Organisation like UN, IMF, World Bank, etc. for a period of not less than 5 years before their death or   permanent incapacitation:

The Income Limit fixed for issuance of Other Backward Classes (OBC) \_ Non-Creamy Layer (NCC) certificate does not apply to children of Central /State Government employees

(6) to (d): Question does not arise in view of (a) above.

(e): The issue regarding revision of creamy layer criteria of OBCs is under consideration of the Government:

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