Originally posted by: Reeva_Mohan
Bold: Yes, that happens. But again, the percentage of the creamy layer is a small minority in the larger scheme of things.
Blue: Yes, this is something I agree with. The main thing is that, reservation was originally meant for the underprivileged and socially downtrodden, who are still the overwhelming majority of people that avail the benefits of reservations. Now, some elite families do enjoy these benefits despite having generational wealth, but they're in a small minority.
Yes, you can check family background of reserved candidates and stop reservation benefits if the people have generational wealth. But I don't think that'll impact the overall scenario much.
The vast majority of beneficiaries are still from the poor and rural areas.
That's not true.
Most of the SC ST candidates who succeeded in clearing the exams now come from affluent families. I have studied in a government college and hardly 2% of my reseverd category classmates were from poor households, most of them have parents in high positions. Yet they were given free books (we had to purchase if we needed) and it's not generational wealth, but wealth by parents who have attained high positions due to reservation at their times.
As you said the poor don't have access to same school and tutors, so that happens among the reserved candidates as well. The ones from affluent families (which are there in quite a number after 2 generations of reservation) have better access to schools and tutors and they easily get seats in these reserved category over the poorer ones
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