Government have issued orders adapting 112 castes/communities pertaining to Telangana State vide G.O.Ms.No.3 BACKWARD CLASSES WELFARE (OP) DEPARTMENT, dt.14.08.2014.The total percentage of reservation provided to Backward Classes in Education and Employment is 29%. The breakup of reservation earmarked to different Groups is given below:

The percentage of reservation provided to Backward Classes in Local Bodies is 34%. Unlike reservation in Education and Employment, the reservation in Local Bodies is not divided among BC Groups i.e. (A, B, C, D and E). All BC Communities are treated as one Unit for the purpose of reservation in Local Bodies.

Maintenance of hostels

​There are 490 Pre matric Hostels functioning in the Telangana State. Among them, 374 are Boys Hostels and 116 are Girls Hostels (including 9 integrated Hostels). Sanction Strength is 54791. 365 Hostels are in Government Buildings and 125 are in rented Building.

Total admitted strength in 2014-15 is 47,686 boarders.

The admissions into a Pre-Matric Hostel are made on the recommendations of a Hostel Advisory Committee headed by the Hon’ble MLA of the Assembly Constituency concerned.

The eligibility criteria for admission into a Pre-Matric Hostel are mentioned below.

• The students shall be studying Class-III to Class-X.
• The students shall belong to Below Poverty Line families.
• The students shall be studying in Government, Municipal, Zilla Parishad and Mandal Parishad Schools. The students studying in private recognized schools are also being given admission, if the seats are available.

The admissions into a Pre-Matric Hostel are made as per the following Rule of Reservation.

The Diet Charges provided by the Government are Rs.750/- per month per boarder for Classes III to VII and Rs.850/- per month per boarder for Classes from VIII to X.

Payment towards purchase of Soaps, Detergents, Oil etc., i.e., Cosmetic Charges: Every month Cosmetic Charges are paid to the boarders @ Rs.62/- per month for Boys of all Classes (i.e., Rs.50/- as cosmetic Charges + Rs.12/- for Hair cut charges) and for Girls from Class-III to Class-VII the cosmetic charge is Rs.55/- and for Girls from Class-VIII to Class-X, it is Rs.75/- .

The boarders admitted into Pre- Matric Hostels are provided with free boarding and lodging. Further, four pairs of Uniforms, One set of bedding material comprising Blanket and Carpet, Note Books, Nationalized Text Books, Study material etc., are provided to the boarders every year. In addition, Plate and Glass and Trunk Box are provided to the boarders once in five years.

Every Hostel will have one Hostel Welfare Officer and three Class-IV employees appointed on Regular basis. Three Class-IV employees are Cook, Kamati and Watchman.

7497 boarders of BC Hostels passed in the SSC public examinations held in March, 2014 as against 8511 boarders appeared. The pass percentage is 88.09 as against the State average of 85.36%.

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To promote higher education among BC Girls and Boys, Government have issued orders for establishing @ one Hostel for Girls and one Hostel for Boys for each Assembly Constituency.

There are 123 Boys Hostels and 124 Girls Hostels functioning in the Telangana State with a total admitted strength of 12,036 in the year 2014-15.

The admissions into a College Hostels for Boys and Girls are made as per the following rule of reservation.

Provision of Diet Charges: The Diet Charges provided by the Government is Rs.1,050/- per month per boarder from Intermediate to Post Graduation.

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Salient features

• The Maximum income limit of the parents is Rs.1,00,000/- per annum for both professional and Non-professional courses.
• Students must register online in epass website, www.epasswebsite.cgg.gov.in

FAST Maintenance Fee Scholarship (FAST-MTF)

This Scheme is divided into 4 sub-groups and Scholarship amount is released online into the Bank account of eligible students.

Departmental Attached Hostels (DAH):

As per G.O.Ms.No.40, Dt.08.12.2012 of Social Welfare (EDN.2) Dept., the Government enhanced the Post Matric Scholarships sanctioned to the students of different courses accommodated in Department Attached Hostels (DAH) towards their mess charges to Rs.1050/- Per month.

College Attached Hostels (CAH): 

Students Managed Hostels (SMH):

Day Scholars (DS): 

FAST - Reimbursement of Tuition Fees

• Reimbursement is being sanctioned to all the eligible BC Students on saturation basis on par with Social Welfare Department for category ‘A’ Admissions. Reimbursement of tuition fee is fixed to maximum of Rs.35,000/- to Engineering and Rs.27,000/- to MBA and MCA courses.
• Students who get EAMCET Rank up to 10,000 and Students who studied in Govt. Welfare Hostels, Novodaya schools and students recommended to Corporate colleges are reimbursed full fee fixed by the Engineering Institutes.

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Note : 6,93,603 students were sanctioned Scholarship in 2013-14 academic year

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Note : 6,93,603 students were sanctioned Scholarship in 2013-14 academic year. 

The assistance received from the Central Government by way of Centrally Sponsored Scheme towards the Post-Matric Scholarships is being clubbed with the funds provided by the State Government and the same is being used to sanction Post-Matric Scholarships to eligible BC Students.​

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The eligibility criteria for EBCs for getting the Reimbursement of Tuition fee are same as those applicable for BCs i.e., having an annual family income up​​ to Rs.1.00 lakh.

The differences between BCs and EBCs are that the EBCs are sanctioned only Reimbursement of Tuition fee but not Post-Matric Scholarships whereas the BCs get both. Further, the EBCs of Intermediate course are not eligible for Reimbursement of Tuition fee also.