The Maharashtra government on Tuesday approved the bill which extends reservation to Marathas above the 50 per cent mark during the special session of the state assembly. It marks the third time in a decade that such legislation has been introduced, reported ANI. 

According to the ANI report, the bill for a 10 per cent Maratha quota that the Mahayuti government led by Eknath Shinde approved on February 20 is similar to the Socially and Educationally Backward Classes Act, 2018, introduced by the earlier government led by Devendra Fadnavis.