Creamy Layer Concept — Amendments

Amendment	Year	Description	Impact
103rd Amendment	2019	While not directly related to the creamy layer concept, the 103rd Amendment introduced 10% reservation for Economically Weaker Sections (EWS) among the general category, creating a parallel system of economic criteria-based reservations. This amendment added Articles 15(6) and 16(6) to the Constitution, allowing the state to make special provisions for economically weaker sections.	The amendment created an interesting parallel to the creamy layer concept by introducing economic criteria for the general category while the creamy layer concept uses economic criteria to exclude sections from OBC reservations. This has led to debates about the consistency and logic of using economic criteria differently across reservation categories.