Under Free Messing scheme, a student can avail free messing (only basic menu) facility and a pocket allowance of Rs. 250/- per month. Such students are also exempted from payment of hostel room rent. In case a student does not seek free messing, he/she gets a pocket allowance of Rs. 1,000/- per month. Free Messing scheme is available only for the normal duration of the programme. For dual degree programmes, it is available only up to the 4th year.

ELIGIBILITY
To avail Free Messing scheme, a student is expected to fulfil the following conditions:
• Applicant belongs to SC OR ST category.
• Applicant is a student of B.Tech., B.Arch., Integrated Dual Degree (IDD), Integrated Master of Technology (IMT), Integrated Master of Science (IMS), and BS-MS programmes admitted through JEE (Advanced) OR B.Des. student admitted through UCEED OR M.Sc. programmes student admitted through JAM.
• Gross Income of parents (Father and Mother or Guardian) during the previous financial year is not more than Rs. 5,00,000/-.

SELECTION PROCESS
The following procedure will be adopted to select the students for Free Messing scheme:
• SCSP office will invite the application from the students.
• SCSP will verify the details and documents submitted of each applicant. Defective/incomplete applications will be kept on hold for correction from students’ side within a given duration. SCSP will also verify that the student is not awarded the similar scheme from some other source.
• SCSP will notify the list of students eligible to avail Free Messing scheme.

MANDATORY DOCUMENTS
To apply under Free Messing scheme, the following documents are mandatory to submit:
• Pan Cards of Father, Mother and Guardian (if applicable)
• Aadhar Cards of Father, Mother and Guardian (if applicable)
• Income Tax Return (ITR) Forms of Father, Mother and Guardian (if applicable) (previous financial year or current assessment year)
• Hostel Bonafide Certificate from Chief Warden of your bhawan.
• In Income Tax Return following pages are required:
1. 1st page of ITR Form showing information of tax payer
2. Page of ITR form showing Gross Total Income.
3. Acknowledgement receipt of ITR (ITR-V)
Combine above 3 pages in a single pdf and upload it in Google form
ITR Sample
Student need to upload a Declaration in the Google Form with self and his/her parent’s signature. Student wouldn’t be considered eligible for Free Messing Scheme if he/she doesn’t upload the declaration form.

The SCSP Office is inviting applications for Free Messing Scheme from the eligible SC/ST students for the Academic Year 2025-26.
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(Note -Last date to apply for Free Messing Scheme for the Academic year 2025-26 is November 20, 2025)

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