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This paper tries to introduce about Fee Waiver Scheme and it's objective and criteria and challenges of 21st century society. Our era is often said to be a time of rapid technological change, but the social changes occurring in this country and elsewhere are equally dramatic. Society often has sufficient experience and knowledge to make better-informed decisions, but it is not always prepared to use this wisdom from the social and behavioral sciences. As we approach the first quarter of the 21st century, schools, universities and society at large are asking fundamental questions about education. We are in a paradigm-shifting age where technological, demographic, social, environmental, economic and political shifts are forcing us to redefine what our educational structure should be.So in the pursuit of uplifting socially and economically backward sections, the Government of India has come up with various plans. To pull the marginalized sections of the society from the current predicament, the Government of India has announced:Education loan subsidies, Fee Waivers,Scholarship Schemes.To avail the benefits under the Government schemes,students will have to meet the eligibility criterion. The Government of India has introduced some changes as an effort to increase the number of beneficiaries under the scheme and eligibility criteria. Due to several historical reasons, the children belonging to SC and ST category find it difficult to reach to the corridors of the institutions of higher and technical education.It shall be the endeavour of the Government to see that no eligible SC/ST students are deprived of higher education for want of resources. The beneficiaries under the scheme shall be entitled to receive full waiver of the fees supposed to have been paid by them in the institutions where they have sought admissions.