Maharashtra OBC Welfare Minister Vijay Wadettiwar on March 10 said he will take up the issue of caste-based census in the State Cabinet and that they have decided to set up a new committee for preparation of the OBC empricial data.
Responding to a starred question by BJP MLC Pravin Darekar in the Legislative Council, the Minister said the government did not give more funds to the OBC commission because it was insisting on a caste-based census in the State.