creamy layer
n.— «The court said the “creamy layer” of the affluent among lower castes should not benefit from reservations but rejected the economic criterion in blocking the 10 percent quota Rao had set apart for the poor among upper castes.» —in New Delhi Agence France-Presse Nov. 17, 1992. (source: Double-Tongued Dictionary)
Further reading
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