[Reader-list] But the economic criterion is already included!

[Shivam Vij]

The CNN-IBN-Indian Express-AC Nielsen survey says a majority of
Indians want the economic criterion along with the caste criterion,
and not just caste:
http://www.ibnlive.com/news/the-vote-is-out-quotas-good-for-the-nation/12705-3-single.html

If people would care to read the Mandal Commission report, they will
find that there are three broad criteria - social, educational and
economic - that are taken into account before listing a community as
OBC.

Here is the economic criteria:

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C. ECONOMIC

1. Castes and communities, a significant proportion of whose members
reside only in Kachha houses.

2. Castes and communities, the share of whose members in number of
cases and in extent of agricultural lands surrendered under the
Agricultural Land Ceiling Act of the State, is nil or significantly
low. 3. Castes and communities, the share of whose members in State
Government posts and services of Groups A & B/Classes I & II, is not
equal to the population-equivalent proportion of the caste/community.

[see http://www.theotherindia.org/caste/who-decides-who-is-an-obc.html ]

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And this make far more sense than income tax returns, or the lack thereof!


Best,
Shivam