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Staff Reporter Maharashtra Government, on Thursday, tabled a Bill to provide reservation of seats for admision in educational institutions in the State and of appointments or posts in public services to Maratha community. Parliamentary Affairs Minister Girish Bapat tabled the Bill late in the evening in Assembly. The Bill aims ‘to provide for reservation of seats for admission in educational institutions in the State and of appointments or posts in public services under the State to Educationally and Socially Backward Category (ESBC) in the State of Maharashtra for their advancement and for matters connected therewiith or incidental thereto.’ On the basis of the ‘material and data’ collected by Rane Committee, the Government stated that Maratha community was socially, educationally and economically backward and was inadequately represented in public services. Hence, it required special provisions to be made for its advancement. Hence, it took a policy decision that with...

* During winter session, BJP-Sena Government to take up important business including Kelkar Committee report, priority to removal of backlog of Vidarbha, proposal to give bonus to cotton-growers, proposal to hike aid to kin of farmers who end life By Kartik Lokhande  On the eve of winter session of State Legislature, Revenue Minister Eknath Khadse hinted at up to 40 per cent cut in expenses owing to ‘fiscal mismanagement’ of the erstwhile Congress-NCP Government. Reiterating that the Government was committed to addressing issues of farmers, he appealed to the Opposition parties to extend co-operation in discussing vital issues during winter session. “We have inherited empty coffers, fiscal deficit is Rs 26,000 crore, and debt burden is over Rs 3 lakh crore. In such a situation, we are left with limited options of borrowing and plugging leakages. There is limit to borrowings and hence we will focus on plugging leakages. For remainder of the current financial year, we...