Those from scheduled castes (SCs) and in scheduled tribes (STs) are exempt from this classification, and always receive the benefits of reservation regardless of family income. Those not from preferred groups do not now receive the benefit of reservation regardless of how low the family income.

Is creamy layer applicable to SC and ST?

Unfilled reservations, no creamy layer

According to the draft report, accessed by ThePrint, despite reservations for SCs, STs and Other Backward Classes (OBCs), these seats in government jobs and education have not been duly filled.

Who are all comes under creamy layer?

If the parents enters Group-A through promotion before the age of 40, their children will be in the creamy layer. Children of a Colonel or higher-ranked officer in the Army, and children of officers of similar ranks in the Navy and Air Force, too, come under the creamy layer. There are other criteria as well.