EWS Application Form West Bengal
Economically Weaker Sections (EWS) to the general category of students and job seekers. EWS Certificate holding candidates will get 10% reservation on any Government Service and Admission in Educational Institutions in West Bengal. The persons belonging to EWS who are not covered under the scheme of reservation for SC/ST and OBC shall get 10% reservation in direct recruitment in civil posts and services in the government of West Bengal and for admission in Educational Institutions in West Bengal.
EWS certificate allows you to enjoy certain benefits which you cannot normally avail yourself of as someone from the unreserved category. People with this certificate hold 10% reservation in any educational institution or government service in West Bengal.
West Bengal EWS Certificate Eligibility Criteria
- People who do not belong to the SC / ST / OBC or any such minority community can apply for the certificate.
- The gross family income will be verified from all sources like salary, profession, job, business, etc. This should not be exceeding 8 lakhs in a year. The income of the year before the year of application for the EWS certificate is to be checked.
- It is also necessary that the family of the candidate who is applying doesn’t hold some specific assets. These assets include:
- Agricultural land of 5 acres and above.
- A residential apartment that is of 1000 sq. ft. or above.
- A residential plot of land 100 sq. yards or more in certain municipalities.
- Residential plot of land that is 200 sq. yards or more in all other municipalities.
- If a family holds property in different locations, then all those properties would be assessed as one single unit.
- The applicant’s family, for the Economically Weaker Section certificate, includes the applicant, his/her parents, spouse, siblings, and children below 18 years of age.
How to Apply EWS Application Form West Bengal?
If you wish to apply for the certificate then you must collect your “Income and Asset Certificate” from certain authorities. These authorities or departments as given in Annexure C are as follows:
- Sub-Divisional Officer (SDO)
- District Magistrate (DM)
- Municipal Corporation Office.
- First of all, you need to download the EWS application form. Link to download the application form is provided in the table at the end of the post.
- Take a printout of the downloaded application form and fill in all the details asked for.
- After filling up the form, attach these documents along with it:
- Citizenship certificate or EPIC of the applicant or his/her parents.
- Self/Parent’s PAN card.
- Birth certificate/Madhyamik admit card of the candidate.
- Payslip of the applicant or his/her parents.
- Domicile certificate.
- ROR/Registered deed.
- Self-declaration of family income, family assets, and sub-caste.
- Certificate verifying the sub-caste.
- Submit the application form along with the aforementioned documents to the relevant authority.
Once, the application is submitted, it will be thoroughly verified and checked. If even one detail is found to be false or incorrect then the application is liable to be rejected right away. On the other hand, if all the details in the application are found to be genuine, satisfactory, and correct, the EWS certificate of the applicant will be issued by the concerned authority. It will be issued in the format that has been prescribed in Annexure C.
You can download the EWS Application Form West Bengal PDF using the link given below.
