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Tag: Socially and Economically Backward Class (SEBC)

Maratha Students Granted SEBC Quota So Withdrew 2 Week Old Stir

May. 21 Education, Social Cause, Unrest Strikes Comments

[Mumbai]Maratha Students Granted SEBC Quota So Stir Withdrawn
Several post-graduate medical students withdrew their protest on Tuesday after the Maharashtra governor signed an ordinance to provide quota to the Maratha community members under the Socially and Economically Backward Class (SEBC) category.
Around 250 students were sitting on a protest at the Azad Maidan here for the last two weeks, after the Bombay High Court earlier this month ruled that the 16 per cent quota offered to Marathas will not be applicable on admissions to post-graduate (PG) medical courses this year.
Later, when the Supreme Court also upheld the HC ruling, leading to cancellation of admissions granted to 253 students, the state government took the ordinance route.
On November 30, 2018, the Maharashtra legislature passed a bill proposing 16 per cent reservation for Marathas in government jobs and education under the SEBC category.

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