Hello Jyothi,

Generally, in any counseling process, income certificate is necessary most of the times for category students. However, some seats in JOSAA counseling also require your income proof (generally less than 8lakh) irrespective of the category through which you enter the counseling. If you are a OPEN student, you may need to upload the income certificate at the time of counseling or later at the time of admission since your parents are govt employees. Hence, it would be beneficial for you to keep ready your income certificate handy so that you can present if asked at any step. Till that time you may visit the official JOSAA website to check other documents required to be uploded during the counseling.

Hope, this answers your question...