Maratha Reservation GR 2024
The state administration released a new regulation. It clarifies the meaning of the phrase “Sagesoyre,” which was crucial to the Maratha reservation movement. The new regulation clarifies that a person’s father, grandfather, great-grandfather, and other relatives from previous generations—including those from same-sex and intercaste marriages—are now considered sagesoyre relatives.
On January 26, the Maharashtra Government Gazette released this rule. The rule, which relates to Sagesoyre particularly, is known as the Maharashtra Scheduled Castes, Freed Castes, Nomadic Tribes, Other Backward Classes, and Special Backward Classes rule. This law states that a person’s father, grandpa, great-grandfather, and other ancestors from earlier generations—including those from same-sex and intercaste marriages—are considered Sagesoyre relations.
Maratha Aarakshan (reservation) Percentage
- Maharashtra’s proportion of Aarakshan The OBC Mahasangh has warned the state government against classifying Marathas as OBCs, citing grave ramifications, in the middle of talks about Maratha reservation.
- On the other hand, Sambhaji Dahatonde Patil, the general secretary of Akhil Bharatiya Maratha Mahasangh, has pointed out that the organization supports raising the OBC quota from 27% to 42% and suggesting that the extra 15% could be used to include Marathas in the OBC framework.