Hello Dear,

Yes, currently it is very beneficial if you fall under this category you can try out for this. The Union Government of India tabled the Constitution (One Hundred And Twenty-Fourth Amendment) Bill, 2019 which provided 10% additional quota for the EWS students amongst the erstwhile Unreserved Category or General Category students.

You can see the difference in NIT Trichy cutoff for General and OBC category:

Branch - cutoff (Gen) - cutoff (EWS)

Chemical Eng - 11570 - 22549

Civil Eng - 12924 - 15375

Computer Science - 1536 - 2937

Electrical and Electronics - 5389 - 6227

From the above comparison you can see the difference:

Good Luck