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So satisfying to receive messages like this. Glad Indian Economy Handbook is translating into real outcomes.
If you're a CSE 2025 ranker and IEH was part of your preparation, do drop me a message. I'd be very happy to hear from you.
And for next year… manifesting a single-digit ranker from my readers 😀
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A decade-long fight, and the Supreme Court has finally delivered justice to OBC candidates.
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Those included in the “creamy layer” are not entitled to OBC reservation benefits. In March 2026, the Supreme Court had ruled that income cannot be the sole criterion to decide the OBC creamy layer.
indianexpress.com/article/ex…
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Yesterday, the Supreme Court delivered a landmark judgment correcting an injustice that had deprived the OBC community of its rightful reservation in employment for 22 long years.
I had the privilege of personally appearing in this matter and assisting the Hon’ble Supreme Court by bringing to its attention how the flawed clarification letter dated 14.10.2004—by wrongly including parental salary when determining the OBC creamy layer income limit—departed from the 1993 OM and deprived lakhs and lakhs of deserving OBC candidates of their rightful opportunities in public employment for the past 22 years.
I felt satisfied that a large population of OBCs would benefit henceforth. Though the Constitution provides for reservation, executive manipulations such as the clarification issued in October 2004 resulted in OBC reservation being looted and denied.
The judgment by Hon’ble Justice P. S. Narasimha and Hon’ble Mr Justice R. Mahadevan is a milestone in social justice. It marks a significant step towards restoring fairness and upholding the constitutional promise of social justice.
Twenty-two years of injustice. Finally, a long-overdue correction. Justice delivered.
I hope and trust that Hon’ble Prime Minister @narendramodi and Hon’ble Union Minister of Personnel and Public Grievances @DrJitendraSingh will step in and implement the Supreme Court’s judgment and will not allow the Ministry @DoPTGoI to dilly-dally. The opportunities OBCs lost over 22 years should also be measured and compensated!
#OBCJustice #SocialJustice #SupremeCourt
ओबीसी क्रीमी लेयर पर माननीय गृह मंत्री श्री अमित शाह जी का स्पष्टीकरण स्पष्ट है।
लेकिन दूसरी ओर, उन्हीं की सरकार का DoPT अदालतों में ओबीसी अभ्यर्थियों के खिलाफ यह दलील दे रहा है कि वेतन और कृषि आय को भी क्रीमी लेयर की गणना में जोड़ा जाए।
आखिर सरकार का आधिकारिक रुख क्या है? गृह मंत्री का बयान या DoPT की दलील?
ओबीसी युवाओं को इस विरोधाभास पर जवाब मिलना चाहिए।
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Here is the real clarification with regards to the Creamy Layer by Hon'ble Home Minister Shri Amit Shah during a Backward Class Sammelan.
Despite this , his own govt i.e DoPT is fighting cases against OBCs saying Salary and agriculture income shall be added.
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Historic !
VIDEO | Delhi: Advocate Shashank Ratnu, counsel for the petitioner, on the Supreme Court's judgment on OBC creamy layer reservation in UPSC examinations, says, "Today's judgment is historic as it reaffirms the March 11 judgment. The OBC creamy layer will be determined as per the 1993 Office Memorandum (OM), based on service status and agricultural landholding, not salary and agricultural income. The DoPT was wrongly and arbitrarily disqualifying IAS and IPS candidates on this basis. The Supreme Court has granted a further eight weeks for implementation of the March 11 judgment and clarified that there must be a uniform definition of the OBC creamy layer across the country, without arbitrary application by any department. The criteria will include the service category of parents and their agricultural landholding. Around 60 people were direct parties to the case, while more than 100 were indirectly affected over several years. This judgment addresses an injustice that had continued for nearly a decade."
(Full video available on PTI Videos - ptivideos.com)
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Vikash was my student. A brilliant guy. He got married in December last year and it breaks my heart to see what he and his family are going through right now. His newborn daughter has been diagnosed with a critical heart condition. the treatment is very expensive. The family has exhausted their resources and has started a fundraiser on Milaap.
I don't want to guilt anyone into donating. But if you can spare some amount, please consider helping. And if you can't, please amplify this post so it reaches people who can.
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Please help this reach as many people as possible.
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'Start in the middle' is a great advice. When i was writing IEH i wrote the chapter on Monetary Policy first. Only after i was fairly convinced with how the chapter looked did i go on to write other chapters.
Many people ask me for advice on writing a book and i always say write the chapter which you would most like to write.
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UPSC Prelims 2027
X was awarded the Nobel Prize in 2026. He was a professor at Stanford University. When the prize was announced, he hugged his two daughters and fist-bumped his elder son.
Identify X.
