People who are not eligible for other caste reservations can claim subsidies and benefits under the Economically Backward Class (EBC) category.
Applicants must not have annual income more than 8 lakh rupees, should not own a house larger than 1000 square feet and should not have land more than 5 acres. Some castes eligible for this quota are- Brahmin, Lingayat, Veershaiva, Jaat, Gurjar, Patidar/Patel, Rajput, Jain, Marwadi and Muslims, who are not in OBC or any other category.