The Social Welfare Department has invited applications from SC Community students (who have so far not registered in SSP Portal and those who are not getting scholarship despite registration for various reasons) for availing Pre-Matric Student Scholarship. Students of 1st to 8th standards, whose parents’ annual income does not exceed Rs. 6 lakh and students of 9th and 10th standards whose parents’ annual income does not exceed Rs. 2.5 lakh, are eligible to apply. The students can apply through the Student Scholarship Portal — https://ssp.postmatric.karnataka.gov.in/ssppre. For more details, visit the Department office at Babu Jagjivan Ram Bhavan on Valmiki Road in Paduvarahalli or call Ph: 0821-2520910, according to a press release.