The state is all set to grant the Maratha community a quota in education and jobs. The Backward Class Commission has endorsed the community's claim of social and economic backwardness by conducting independent studies and surveys over the past year.

Though the quantum of reservation and a legal method of granting it have not been finalised yet, it is decided to have an independent category for Marathas. The decision should have a bearing on a quota politics that several other states are involved with.