Hello aspirant,

You must select EWS category if you qualify for the eligibility criteria that comes under EWS Category Student in UGC NET. Otherwise, you can select GENERAL category also, which means a unreserved category. The Benefits of selecting as a EWS category is because For them, a 10% reservation in seats is provided. There will be a separate (lower) cut-off for the EWS candidates, in the same manner for OBC, SC and ST candidates.

Further, the eligibility criteria to come under EWS category are as follows :

Candidate's annual family income must be less than Rs. 8 lakhs per annum. Their family must not own more than 5 acres of agriculture land. The residential flat area should be below 1000 sq ft.

Further, In UGC NET the reservation policy of the Government of India is applicable as per which in central universities and Institutions the reservation of seats shall be as follows: 15% seats for Scheduled Castes (SC) candidates . 7.5% seats for Scheduled Tribes (ST) candidates, and 10% seats are reserved for EWS category Student.

Further, to know mroe further details regarding the UGCNET Exam, you can follow the below mentioned link to know more : https://news.careers360.com/ugc-net-application-form-2022-released-apply-at-ugcnetntanicin

I hope that this will help.