The income certificate is presented by the concerned authorities of the Kerala government in order to check the income of a particular family and the income certificate is one of the most important certificates that you will need while you are applying for different types of welfare schemes presented by the government. You can check out the details related to the income certificate Kerala from the article provided below and we will also share with you all the step-by-step procedures through which you will be able to apply online for the Income Certificate Kerala. You can also check out the step-by-step procedure to check the application status of the income certificate from the article provided below.
What Is Income Certificate Kerala?
It is essential that you have a proper income certificate because the income certificate will help you to get into various welfare schemes presented by the Indian Government. Also, if you are taking into consideration any type of tax or the registration of your business then you will be responsible for creating the Income Certificate Kerala according to the income that you are generating in a particular accounting year. The candidates can apply for the income certificate in Kerala either by going to the common services Centre presented by the Kerala government or you can easily visit the official website of e-district Kerala in order to fill out the application form to get your income certificate to deliver to your doorstep in just a matter of a few days.
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Factors Responsible
The following factors are taken into consideration while calculating the annual income of a particular family:-
- Rental income
- Income from labor
- Income from business
- Pension
- Salary
- Income from land
- Income from NRI family member
- The following factors are not considered while calculating annual income:-
- Terminal benefits
- Family pension
- Festival allowance
- Surrender leave salary
- Income of widow daughter or sister
Income Certificate Kerala Application Fee
The applicant will have to submit the following application fees in order to apply for the income certificate:-
- Through Akshaya Centres- Applicants have to pay fees of Rs 28 which include an Akshaya center service charge of Rs 18, a government service charge of Rs 7, and per page scanning and printing of Rs 3. For SC/ST families the fee is only Rs 12. For the below, poverty line category application fees are Rs 20.
- Online Application- For applying through the E district portal applicants have to pay an amount of Rs 15
Eligibility Criteria
The applicant must follow the following eligibility criteria in order to apply for the income certificate in Kerala:-
- The applicant must be a permanent resident of Kerala.
- The income certificate in Kerala will be valid for 1 year.
Documents Required
The following documents are required in order to successfully apply for the income certificate in Kerala:-
- Application in prescribed format with court fee stamp of Rs.5
- Ration Card
- Electoral ID Card/Photo ID Card
- Salary Certificate (only Basic Pay including special pay and deputation pay calculated), if any
- Declaration of Family Income for HUF
- For Self Employed, Profit and Loss Account.
- Building rent details (excluding yearly maintenance)
- Income tax returns, if any
- Pension payment order, if applicable. (Only Pension is accountable.)
- Agricultural Income
- In the case of NRIs, the affidavit of the applicant.
- In the case of students, affidavit of parents/guardian.
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Income Certificate Kerala Application Procedure Offline
The applicant can follow the following application procedure offline in order to apply for the income certificate in Kerala:-
- The applicant will first have to visit the nearest Akshaya service center.
- You have to now put the request of application for an Income Certificate online at the Akshaya service center.
- Now you have to submit all the necessary documents
- Your application will forward to the department
- The applicant will get the application number through the SMS on the registered mobile number
- The progress of the application will also convey to the applicant through SMS
- The department will process the income certificate request
- After verifying the authorized government officer will issue the income certificate by digitally signing it
- The applicant will receive an SMS to visit any Akshaya center
- The applicant is required to provide the application number to the service center
- The applicant will hand over the printed copy of the income certificate
Application Procedure Online
If you want to apply for the Income Certificate online then you will have to follow the simple procedure given below:-
- You will first have to visit the Income Certificate website of the e-district of Kerala by clicking on the link given here.
- The home page will open before you
- On the homepage, you have to click on the new portal user creation
- The registration page will appear before you
- Enter the following information:-
- Name
- Date of birth
- Place
- District
- Mobile number
- Gender
- House number
- Locality
- Aadhar number
- Valid email address
- Password
- Captcha code
- Password recovery question
- Password recovery answer
- After that, you have to click on the Register button
- You have to log in by entering your login credentials.
- Click on the One Time Registration button
- Fill in all the mandatory details and click on the duplicate button.
- After a successful duplicate, check Ok you have to click on Submit option
- The applicant can also edit the registered details by clicking edit registration
- After successful verification, you have to click on submit
- Enter E district registration number
- Select the certificate type as income certificate and select the certificate purpose
- Enter name and select self for the relationship from the drop-down menu
- Click on save to be redirected to the document uploading section
- Upload all the necessary documents
- Click on submit and make payment by entering all the payment details
Login Procedure
If you want to log in to the official portal then you will have to follow the simple procedure given below:-
- You will first have to visit the official website of the e-district of Kerala by clicking on the link given here.
- The home page will open before you
- Select your user type
- After that, you have to enter your username, password, and captcha code
- Now you have to click on submit to login into the portal
Application Status
If you want to check the application status then you will have to follow the simple procedure given below:-
- You will first have to visit the official website of the e-district of Kerala by clicking on the link given here.
- The home page will open before you
- You have to click on the Application status option
- A new page will open before you
- On this new page, you have to select Service and enter the application number
- Click on submit to check the application status
Download Income Certificate
If you want to download the income certificate then you will have to follow the simple procedure given below:-
- You will first have to visit the official website of the e-district of Kerala by clicking on the link given here.
- The home page will open before you
- Select your user type
- After that, you have to enter your username, password, and captcha code
- Now you have to click on submit to login into the portal
- After that, you have to click on Download income certificate
- Your income certificate will appear before you in PDF format
- You have to click on the download option in order to download it
Contact Details
- eDistrict Project Related Queries- Email: edistrict.ksitm@kerala.gov.in, Phone: 0471 2726881
- Technical Issues only-
- 1. System Administrator (edistrict Project), Email: sysadmin1@edistrict.kerala.gov.in, Phone: 0471 2726881
- 2. Database Administrator ( eDistrict Project) Email: dbadmin1@edistrict.kerala.gov.in Phone: 0471 2726881