Maharashtra Assembly today ratified bill extending quota for Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes in Lok Sabha and State assemblies by 10 years. A special one-day session of the Maharashtra Legislature was held to ratify the Constitution Amendment Bill (CAB), which proposes to extend SC/ST quota.<br />''<br />'' The Constitution Amendment bill, which was passed by Parliament in December 2019, has to be ratified by at least 50 percent of the state assemblies before it is brought into force.<br />''<br />''AIR correspondent reports that the joint sitting of both Houses began this morning with the address of State Governor Bhagat Singh Koshyari. The Governor said his government was dutybound to walk on the path shown by Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj, Jyotiba Fule, Rajshri Shahu Maharaj, and Bharat Ratna Dr. Babasaheb Ambedkar.<br />''<br />''He said his government was committed to the welfare of SC/STs, nomadic tribes, downtrodden, and the women and will execute the welfare schemes and other projects for them as early as possible.<br />''<br />''The reservation for members of Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes, given for the past 70 years in Lok Sabha and state assemblies, is due to end on January 25, 2020. <br />''<br />