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The removal of 50% upper limit on reservation and creamy layer

 December 18, 2024 01:46 am IST - Chennai

THE HINDU BUREAU

The removal of 50% upper limit on reservation and creamy layer, and the conduct of caste census are necessary to ensure that India becomes a developed nation by 2047, as envisioned by Prime Minister Narendra Modi, PMK president and Rajya Sabha member Anbumani Ramadoss said in Parliament on Tuesday.

He said that the Government of India must focus on holistic growth. Beginning his speech by thanking B.R. Ambedkar and the members of the Constituent Assembly, Dr. Anbumani said: “Growth and development are different. Growth is measured in terms of fiscal, economic, GDP, wealth distribution and so on. But, development is...of the masses...the downtrodden, weaker sections, labourers, toilers, farmers, scheduled castes, scheduled tribes, the OBCs. They have to develop, progress and grow for us to achieve the target of becoming a developed country,” he said.

Dr. Anbumani further said, “Why do we have a 50% cap on reservation? Is it because of the law brought in by this Parliament? No. This was done by the Supreme Court in 1952-53, and reiterated in the Indira Sawhney case in 1993. The Parliament had nothing to do with this.”

He said that while the Scheduled Castes and the Scheduled Tribes had been given reservation proportionate to their population, the other backward castes (OBCs) who form 63% of the population (52% according to the Mandal Commission), were only given 27%.

“There is no creamy layer for the SCs and the STs, rightly so, but only for OBCs. Creamy layer is unconstitutional. Only the OBCs are affected by it...,” he added.

Speaking about the caste census, Dr. Anbumani said that Government of India and State governments were rolling out affirmative action based on old data compiled by the British government in 1931.

He further said: “We need to have modern, contemporary and pertinent data to have more affirmative action and social status of the all the downtrodden sections of our country. All our reservation are based on caste. All we need to add is a column for the OBCs in our census. Why are we hesitating [to conduct caste census]?...”

Dr. Anbumani went on to state that the Rohini Commission appointed by the Prime Minister brought out glaring issues within the OBCs, which had to be addressed.

“There are 2,633 communities in the OBCs. Of these, 10 take away 24.9% of jobs and seats in education. Thirty-eight OBC communities take away 25.9% of the jobs and seats in education; 102 take away 24.6% of the jobs and seats in education, and 506 take away 22.3% of jobs and seats in education. So, 656 communities corner 97.5% of all jobs. Around 994 OBC communities get only 2.5% of the jobs and education, while 983 communities do not even get even a one job,” he added

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