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WBFS

West Bengal Freeship Scheme
West BengalIndividualState/ UTOpen since 2024-01-01
myScheme’s own wording, reproduced in full. Where it is thin, that is the finding, and the completeness checks are below.

What this is

The West Bengal Freeship Scheme (WBFS)has been launched by the Department of Higher Education, Government of West Bengal. This freeship would be provided as a tuition fee waiver for the under Graduate students level in Engineering & Technology/ Pharmacy/ Architecture.

In detail

The West Bengal Freeship Scheme (WBFS) has been introduced from the year 2011 by the Department of Higher Education, Government of West Bengal. WBFS is for the under Graduate students level in Engineering & Technology/ Pharmacy/ Architecture programmes conducted by the self financing private Engineering and Technical Institutions of the State. The waiver is limited to the tuition fee for all the institutions concerned. All other fees except tuition fees will have to be borne by the beneficiary.

Who qualifies

  • Candidate must be domicile of the West Bengal.
  • Merit rank in State Level/NationaI Level Entrance Examination.
  • Annual family income of the candidate must not be more than ₹ 2,50,000 /-.

What you get

Benefits: Waiver for tuition fee.

Who is excluded

  • Candidates selected under Tuition Free Waiver (TFW) Scheme of All India Council for Technical Education (AICTE) or West Bengal Swami Vivekananda Merit-cum-Means Scholarship Scheme will not be eligible under this WBFS.
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Eligibility published here196 characters
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Benefit amount published hereamount or quantity stated
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Description more than a name269 characters
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Implementing agency published herefield absent from the record
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How to apply published hereno URL and no offline mode declared
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Start date published here2024-01-01
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Not expired while still listedno end date
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Provenance

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schemeNameWest Bengal Freeship SchememyScheme · 2026-09-02
schemeOpenDate2024-01-01myScheme · 2026-09-02
schemeCloseDate...not published at source
nodalMinistryName...myScheme · 2026-09-02
dbtSchemeFalsemyScheme · 2026-09-02
achievement data...no source publishes this for any central scheme