Dear Amit,

EWS (Economically weaker Section)  certificate are given for people belonging to the  General category.

Eligibility criteria for EWS

• Person should be from general category
• Family's annual income should be lesser than 8 lakh
• Current Residential area of the Family should be lesser than 1000sqr.ft
• Agricultural properties and land area should be less than 5 acres

Persons of Jainism from some states like karnataka are eligible if and only if they meet the above mentioned criteria