Maratha Reservation | Community Exceptionally Backward As Many Practise Superstition, Get Daughters Married Before 18-Yrs Age: MSCBC

The Maharashtra State Commission for Backward Classes (MSCBC) has described the Maratha community as "exceptionally backward," citing prevalent superstitions and the practice of marrying daughters off before the age of 18. These observations were made in the context of the ongoing debate over granting reservations to the Maratha community. The MSCBC's findings aim to justify the community's inclusion in the list of beneficiaries for affirmative action policies, highlighting social and educational backwardness as criteria for reservations.