Income Ceiling for Scholarship to backward Classes students.

The present income ceiling  for extending the assistance under the Pre and Post Matric Scholarship Schemes for Scheduled Castes, Minority and Other Backward Classes students is as under :-

Category	Pre Matric Scholarship Scheme	Post Matric Scholarship Scheme
Scheduled Castes	--	Parents/guardians income  from all sources does not exceed  Rs.1.00 Lakhs per annum.
Minorities	Not exceeding Rs.1.00 lakhs  per annum.	Not exceeding Rs.2.00 lakhs  per annum.
OBCs.	Parents/guardians income  from all sources does not exceed  Rs.44,500/- per annum.	Parents/guardians income from  all sources does not exceed  Rs.44,500/- per annum.

The income ceiling under Post Matric Scholarship for Scheduled Castes and OBCs is under revision. Efforts are made to do so at the earliest.

         This information was given by Shri. D. Napoleon, the Minister of State for Social Justice & Empowerment, in a written reply to a question in the Lok   Sabha today.



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