Summary:
Of those surveyed, 29,813 were Maratha families, 3,549 Kunbi, 4,992 OBC and 9,275 households were of other backward castes.Of the 46,629 families, 25% were found to be below the poverty line, and 37.2% of these were Marathas, the report stated. We collected the entire data and analysed it to ascertain if Marathas were backward. On education those surveyed told us that they were unable to pursue higher education owing to huge fees and the high level of competition. “We had given a questionnaire with 50 questions to the 46,629 families. More than 20% demanded reservation in jobs, 12% wanted a quota in education, while 61% wanted reservation in jobs as well as education.Further, the panel concluded that 70.5% of the families surveyed did not have permanent houses and 62% had small land-holdings..