PTI, MUMBAI: The Maharashtra Legislature Thursday passed a bill proposing 16 per cent reservation in education and government jobs for Marathas, declared as socially and educationally backward class by the government. The reservation will be in addition to the existing 52 per cent reservation in the state. The reservation quantum in the state will rise to 68 per cent, with the passage of the bill. Marathas not in the ‘creamy layer’ would be eligible for the reservations.
Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis, who introduced the bill in the Legislature, thanked the Opposition for helping pass the bill unanimously. The “Maharashtra StateReservation forSocially and Educationally Backward Classes (SEBC) Act 2018”, won’t affect existing reservation provided to OBC, SC, ST, denotified nomadic tribes and special backward categories.
