How to Get EWS Certificate for IIT JEE? Download EWS Certificate for JEE Main, Advanced

There is a 10% reservation quota for the Economically Weaker Sections (EWS) among General Category candidates in higher education engineering institutes (like IITs and NITs). Let's see how you can get an EWS certificate for JEE Main and JEE Advanced.

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How to Get EWS Certificate for JEE?

The benefit of reservation under EWS can be availed upon production of an "Income and Asset Certificate" issued by a Competent Authority (an officer not below the Tehsildar in the States/UTs).

Note : Income covered all sources i.e. salary, agriculture, business, profession, etc.

The Income and Asset Certificate issued by any one of the following authorities in the prescribed format shall only be accepted as proof of the candidate’s claim as belonging to EWS.

• District Magistrate/Additional District Magistrate/ Collector/ Deputy Commissioner/Additional’ Deputy Commissioner/ 1st Class Stipendiary Magistrate/ Sub-Divisional Magistrate/ Taluka Magistrate! Executive Magistrate/ Extra Assistant Commissioner
• Chief Presidency Magistrate/Additional Chief Presidency Magistrate/ Presidency Magistrate
• Revenue Officer not below the rank of Tehsildar
• Sub-Divisional Officer or the area where the candidate and/or his family normally resides.

The Officer who issues the certificate would do the same after carefully verifying all relevant documents following due process as prescribed by the respective State/UT.

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Download and print GEN-EWS certificate format for JEE

Eligibility for EWS (Economically Weaker Section) Quota in JEE

Whether you are considered as Economically Weak or not, is based on the income and assets of your family. To come under EWS, you will need to satisfy all the criteria listed below.

• You are not availing the reservation for SCs, STs, and OBCs.
• Your family* has a gross annual income below Rs 8 lakh.
• Not having 5 acres of agricultural land and above.
• Not having a residential flat of 1000 sq ft. and above.
• Not having a residential plot of 100 sq. yards and above in notified municipalities.
• Not having a residential plot of 200 sq. yards and above in areas other than the notified municipalities.

*Family income means Parents and Siblings (below the age of 18 years) income only.

Don't have the EWS certificate for JEE Main?

Candidates who don't have the EWS Certificate while filling the application form for JEE Main, can enter the acknowledgement/ receipt Number, date of application and issuing authority details. If one is not able to produce an EWS certificate during counselling, his/ her candidature will not get canceled, instead he/ she will be counted under the General category.

Note : Keep in mind that the candidates are not required to upload the EWS Certificate while filling the online application form of JEE Main. A candidate has to fill details like Certificate Number, Date of issue, Issuing authority.

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