The Creamy Layer Myth: Cash Can’t Wash Away Caste

The Supreme Court’s call for SC/ST subcategorisation aims for fairer quota distribution, but risks political meddling and impact on vulnerable castes, write K Kalyani and Mukesh Kabir, in Frontline.

Frontline-15 Aug 2024

K Kalyani is a faculty member at Azim Premji University, Bengaluru.

Mukesh Kabir is a sociologist and has done his doctorate from Jawaharlal Nehru University.

The opinions expressed here are personal.