Cabinet Decision: Pension of freedom fighters doubled in Maharashtra, EWS reservation also approved

The Maharashtra government has increased the pension of freedom fighters who took part in the Indian freedom movement, the Marathwada Liberation War, and the Goa Liberation War. The Maharashtra cabinet on Thursday increased the amount of pension from Rs 10,000 to Rs 20,000 per month. This decision has been approved in the weekly cabinet meeting chaired by Chief Minister Eknath Shinde.

The cabinet has also approved a proposal to provide reservations in jobs under the EWS quota to socially and educationally backward Marathi candidates. Let us tell you that recently the Supreme Court has also upheld the validity of the EWS reservation.

A statement issued from the Chief Minister's Office (CMO) said that the cabinet has approved the EWS reservation quota for the recruitment process that began after 9 September 2020. It has been said in the statement that the proposal of the Cooperative Department has also been approved in the meeting, in which there was talk of allowing farmers to contest the APMC (Agriculture Produce Market Committee) elections even without their names in the voter list. . The cabinet has also approved a proposal to raise Rs 35,629 crore through debt for road development projects in the state.

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