The Uttarakhand government has issued a notification which specifies:

Weaker Section

• Parents' annual income is `55,000 per year or less

Disadvantaged Group

• Scheduled Castes (S.C.)
• Scheduled Tribes (S.T.)
• Other Backward Castes (O.B.C.) declared by the State Government (apart from creamy layers)
• Orphan Children
• Physically disabled children who fall under the purview of PwD Act 1995 (1 of 1996)
• Children dependent on widows or divorced mothers whose annual income is less than `80,000
• HIV+ children or those whose parents are HIV+
• Children belonging to parents with disabilities (including leprosy affected persons) defined in PwD Act 1995 (1 of 1996) whose annual income is less than`4.5 lakh

Within these two categories in co-educational schools fifty percent of these seats will be reserved for girls

Director (Elementary Education)
Uttarakhand Project Director (Sarva Shiksha Abhiyan)
District Education Officer

Member of Parliament - Lok Sabha | Rajya Sabha

List of eligible ICSC and CBSE schools (download Hindi font)

For expert assistance in submitting applications, please contact

State Collective for Right to Education (SCoRE)
1 Dalibagh, Butler Road
Lucknow - 226001, Uttar Pradesh
Telefax: +91-522-4172000, Ext.117

RTE Grievance Redressal Cells (State, District and Block Level)
Uttarakhand Commission for the Protection of Child Rights