In IITs there is a provision of scholarship for students who are unable to pay the fees. There are various scholarship based on financial status and merit for students. In almost all IITs, tution fees is waived for general students whose family income is less than 1 lakh per annum. There is no tution fees for students of SC and ST. Also, scholarship varies from IIT to IIT. There are also various scholarship based on student's performance in exams. There are also various scholarship for girls to promote girls participation in engineering stream.