👥279 Active Schemes
Scheduled Caste (SC)
Post-matric maintenance allowances, free coaching, and tuition fee reimbursements for SC students.
Top Financial Tier: Up to ₹2.5 Lakh / YearRequired Certificates:
✓ Caste Certificate (Sub-Divisional Officer)✓ Income Cert (< ₹2.5L)✓ Aadhaar Seeded Bank Account
🏔️280 Active Schemes
Scheduled Tribe (ST)
Pre-matric and post-matric tribal welfare schemes, national fellowship, and overseas study grants.
Top Financial Tier: Up to ₹2.5 Lakh / YearRequired Certificates:
✓ ST Tribe Certificate✓ Family Income Certificate✓ College Fee Receipt
📚270 Active Schemes
Other Backward Classes (OBC)
Non-creamy layer OBC scholarships, hostel subsidies, and central sector merit schemes.
Top Financial Tier: Up to ₹1.5 Lakh / YearRequired Certificates:
✓ OBC Non-Creamy Layer Certificate✓ Annual Income Proof✓ Marksheets
🌟284 Active Schemes
General (EWS)
Economically Weaker Section (EWS) schemes, defense personnel wards, and open merit corporate CSR funds.
Top Financial Tier: Up to ₹1.0 Lakh / YearRequired Certificates:
✓ EWS Certificate (Competent Authority)✓ Class 10/12 Marksheet✓ Identity Card
🕌27 Active Schemes
Minority Communities
Begum Hazrat Mahal, Maulana Azad, and Ministry of Minority Affairs merit-cum-means scholarships for Muslim, Christian, Sikh, Buddhist, Jain, Parsi students.
Top Financial Tier: Up to ₹75,000 / YearRequired Certificates:
✓ Self-Declaration Minority Cert✓ Income Cert (< ₹2.0L)✓ Aadhaar Card
♿5 Active Schemes
Students with Disability (PWD)
Divyangjan scholarships, device allowances, reader assistance, and accessible higher education stipends.
Top Financial Tier: Up to ₹2.0 Lakh / YearRequired Certificates:
✓ Valid UDID Card (min 40% disability)✓ Income Proof✓ Institution Verification Form
Category Reservation Rules
📜 Competent Issuing AuthorityCaste certificates must be issued by a Revenue Officer (Tehsildar / SDO / District Magistrate) of your home domicile state.
💳 Non-Creamy Layer ValidityOBC (Non-Creamy Layer) and EWS financial certificates must be issued for the current financial year.
🏦 Direct Benefit Transfer (DBT)Sanctioned scholarship amounts are credited directly into Aadhaar-seeded bank accounts via NPCI mapping.