‘Creamy layer’ not snatching pie, signals unfilled SC/ST posts data

According to a 2023 report of the parliamentary committee on the welfare of scheduled castes (SCs) and scheduled tribes (STs), the only category of jobs in ministries and departments of the central government where SCs and STs have a share larger than their quota of 15 per cent and 7.5 per cent respectively are the Group C jobs excluding safai karamcharis and an even larger share among safai karamcharis or sanitation workers. More than one third (37 per cent) of the safai karamcharis employed in central government ministries are from scheduled castes and 7.4 per cent are tribals.