Status Check, Procedures, Facilities

Organization : Karnataka Backward Classes Welfare Department
Type of Facility : Fee Concession Scheme
State : Karnataka

Website : https://bcwd.karnataka.gov.in/

What is Fee Concession Scheme?

The Scheme ‘Fee Concession’ is implemented to benefit all the eligible students in std. X and post-matric courses whose parental annual Income does not exceed Rs.11,000/- P.A irrespective of caste and Creed.

Related / Similar Facility : Social Welfare Karnataka Book Bank Schemes

No income limit is fixed to the students belonging to Cat-I of Backward Classes. This benefit is extended to the students studying in Government, aided and unaided institutions including evening colleges and open Universities.

The students studying in X std. are exempted from the payment of examination fee only as free education is provided up to higher secondary school level. As for as the post-matric students are concerned. The students belonging to Cat-I of Backward Classes are exempted from the payment of tuition fee, lab fee, examination fee and any other fee prescribed by the Government.

The students other than category -I are exempted for the payment of tuition, lab (science subject) and examination fee only. The management of the Government aided /unaided institutions who do not collect the fee from the students eligible for fee concession on production of their caste / Income certificate at the time of admission are eligible for reimbursement of loss of fee income at the rates prescribed by the Government in similar Government institutions.

Procedure of Fee Concession Scheme

The Heads of the Institutions shall make a list of students eligible for fee concession on the basis of the caste and income certificates produced by the students at the time of admission to college (Caste certificate in respect of Cat -I students and income certificate within 11,000/- P.A for other students) clearly indicating the name of the student, parents/ Guardians Name, Caste and Category, Annual Income (as per the certificate), Types and amount of fee to be exempted etc.

This list along with the copies of Caste and Income certificates of the students should be forwarded to the sanctioning authorities. Concerned for sanction of fee concession benefit within the stipulated time. After obtaining the sanction order from the authorities, the Head of the institutions shall obtain the bill form KFC-32 A in duplicate from the Office of the DOBCM of the concerned district and prepare the bill according to the sanction order.

The bill and the sanction order (in duplicate) along with copies of the Caste and Income Certificates of the students should be submitted for the counter signature of the DOBCM of the concerned district within the last date fixed. The countersigned bill will be sent to the respective institutions. The Head, of the institution should present the bill in the concerned treasury for the payment through the cheque. The encashed amount should be disbursed to the students obtaining their signature on the stamped acquittance roll, which should be sent to the DOBCM concerned for record and audit purpose.

Eligibility of Fee Concession Scheme

a). The students should belong to the Karnataka state.
b). Students who join the private colleges by paying Capitation fee are not eligible.
c). The Annual income of the parents/ Guardian of the student should not exceed Rs.11,000/- P.A. ( However no Income limit is fixed to the students belonging to Cat _ I of Backward Classes.

Whom to approach :
1. The District Officer for Backward Classes & Minorities of the concerned districts
2.The Chief Executive Officer of the concerned Z.Ps.