Nashik: 100 new hostels proposed for OBC students in Maharashtra

Nashik, Oct 6 (UNI) The Maharashtra government will consider setting up 100 new hostels for Other Backward Class (OBC) students at the taluka level, increasing the number of divisional-level hostels to 1,000 and providing Rs1,000 crore to the Mahajyoti institution, Cabinet Sub-Committee chairman Chandrashekhar Bawankule said. The demands were raised during a meeting of the Cabinet Sub-Committee held at Mantralaya to discuss various issues concerning the OBC community. Bawankule assured the participants that the demands would be considered positively. The meeting was attended by Food, Civil Supplies and Consumer Protection Minister Chhagan Bhujbal, Forest Minister Ganesh Naik, Environment and Climate…