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Is there any special privilege for students in the Scheduled Caste/Scheduled Tribe (SC/ST) category who avail of educational loans?

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Is there any special privilege for students in the Scheduled Caste/Scheduled Tribe (SC/ST) category who avail of educational loans?

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Yes, special privileges, in terms of eligibility and margin money, are given to Scheduled Caste/Scheduled Tribe students availing educational loans. The eligibility criteria are lowered from first/second class to pass class for SC/ST category students. Further, the margin money for them is sometimes nil or lower than the normal amount. Only nationalized banks offer these privileges to SC/ST students, and not private or foreign banks. Even with nationalized banks, one needs to properly check out these privileges beforehand.