diff --git a/components/policy-mgt/org.wso2.carbon.policy.mgt.common/src/main/java/org/wso2/carbon/policy/mgt/common/PolicyFilter.java b/components/policy-mgt/org.wso2.carbon.policy.mgt.common/src/main/java/org/wso2/carbon/policy/mgt/common/PolicyFilter.java
index 3a7d4a50af..50a2bac110 100644
--- a/components/policy-mgt/org.wso2.carbon.policy.mgt.common/src/main/java/org/wso2/carbon/policy/mgt/common/PolicyFilter.java
+++ b/components/policy-mgt/org.wso2.carbon.policy.mgt.common/src/main/java/org/wso2/carbon/policy/mgt/common/PolicyFilter.java
@@ -14,6 +14,23 @@
  * KIND, either express or implied.  See the License for the
  * specific language governing permissions and limitations
  * under the License.
+ *
+ *
+ * Copyright (c) 2019, Entgra (Pvt) Ltd. (http://entgra.io) All Rights Reserved.
+ *
+ * Entgra (Pvt) Ltd. licenses this file to you under the Apache License,
+ * Version 2.0 (the "License"); you may not use this file except
+ * in compliance with the License.
+ * You may obtain a copy of the License at
+ *
+ * http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+ *
+ * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing,
+ * software distributed under the License is distributed on an
+ * "AS IS" BASIS, WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY
+ * KIND, either express or implied. See the License for the
+ * specific language governing permissions and limitations
+ * under the License.
  */
 
 
@@ -29,6 +46,13 @@ public interface PolicyFilter {
 
     List<Policy> filterActivePolicies(List<Policy> policies);
 
+    /**
+     * Filter and retrieve all the general policies out of active policies
+     * @param policies contains a list of active policies
+     * @return a list of {@link Policy} general policies
+     */
+    List<Policy> filterGeneralPolicies(List<Policy> policies);
+
     List<Policy> filterDeviceGroupsPolicies(Map<Integer, DeviceGroup> groupMap, List<Policy> policies);
 
     List<Policy> filterRolesBasedPolicies(String roles[], List<Policy> policies);
diff --git a/components/policy-mgt/org.wso2.carbon.policy.mgt.core/src/main/java/org/wso2/carbon/policy/mgt/core/impl/PolicyFilterImpl.java b/components/policy-mgt/org.wso2.carbon.policy.mgt.core/src/main/java/org/wso2/carbon/policy/mgt/core/impl/PolicyFilterImpl.java
index a78caa995b..acb2c48794 100644
--- a/components/policy-mgt/org.wso2.carbon.policy.mgt.core/src/main/java/org/wso2/carbon/policy/mgt/core/impl/PolicyFilterImpl.java
+++ b/components/policy-mgt/org.wso2.carbon.policy.mgt.core/src/main/java/org/wso2/carbon/policy/mgt/core/impl/PolicyFilterImpl.java
@@ -14,6 +14,23 @@
  * KIND, either express or implied.  See the License for the
  * specific language governing permissions and limitations
  * under the License.
+ *
+ *
+ * Copyright (c) 2019, Entgra (Pvt) Ltd. (http://entgra.io) All Rights Reserved.
+ *
+ * Entgra (Pvt) Ltd. licenses this file to you under the Apache License,
+ * Version 2.0 (the "License"); you may not use this file except
+ * in compliance with the License.
+ * You may obtain a copy of the License at
+ *
+ * http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+ *
+ * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing,
+ * software distributed under the License is distributed on an
+ * "AS IS" BASIS, WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY
+ * KIND, either express or implied. See the License for the
+ * specific language governing permissions and limitations
+ * under the License.
  */
 
 
@@ -63,6 +80,33 @@ public class PolicyFilterImpl implements PolicyFilter {
         return temp;
     }
 
+    @Override
+    public List<Policy> filterGeneralPolicies(List<Policy> policies) {
+
+        if (log.isDebugEnabled()) {
+            log.debug("No of policies went in to filterGeneralPolicies : " + policies.size());
+            for (Policy policy : policies) {
+                log.debug("Names of policy went in to  filterGeneralPolicies : " + policy.getPolicyName());
+            }
+        }
+
+        List<Policy> generalPolicies = new ArrayList<>();
+        for (Policy policy : policies) {
+            if (PolicyManagementConstants.GENERAL_POLICY_TYPE.equalsIgnoreCase(policy.getPolicyType())) {
+                generalPolicies.add(policy);
+            }
+        }
+
+        if (log.isDebugEnabled()) {
+            log.debug("No of policies returned from filterGeneralPolicies :" + policies.size());
+            for (Policy policy : generalPolicies) {
+                log.debug("Names of policy filtered in filterGeneralPolicies : " + policy.getPolicyName());
+            }
+        }
+
+        return generalPolicies;
+    }
+
     @Override
     public List<Policy> filterDeviceGroupsPolicies(Map<Integer, DeviceGroup> groupMap, List<Policy> policies) {
 
diff --git a/components/policy-mgt/org.wso2.carbon.policy.mgt.core/src/main/java/org/wso2/carbon/policy/mgt/core/impl/PolicyInformationPointImpl.java b/components/policy-mgt/org.wso2.carbon.policy.mgt.core/src/main/java/org/wso2/carbon/policy/mgt/core/impl/PolicyInformationPointImpl.java
index 20fddc6cdb..20da56c812 100644
--- a/components/policy-mgt/org.wso2.carbon.policy.mgt.core/src/main/java/org/wso2/carbon/policy/mgt/core/impl/PolicyInformationPointImpl.java
+++ b/components/policy-mgt/org.wso2.carbon.policy.mgt.core/src/main/java/org/wso2/carbon/policy/mgt/core/impl/PolicyInformationPointImpl.java
@@ -14,6 +14,23 @@
 * KIND, either express or implied.  See the License for the
 * specific language governing permissions and limitations
 * under the License.
+*
+*
+* Copyright (c) 2019, Entgra (Pvt) Ltd. (http://entgra.io) All Rights Reserved.
+*
+* Entgra (Pvt) Ltd. licenses this file to you under the Apache License,
+* Version 2.0 (the "License"); you may not use this file except
+* in compliance with the License.
+* You may obtain a copy of the License at
+*
+* http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+*
+* Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing,
+* software distributed under the License is distributed on an
+* "AS IS" BASIS, WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY
+* KIND, either express or implied. See the License for the
+* specific language governing permissions and limitations
+* under the License.
 */
 
 package org.wso2.carbon.policy.mgt.core.impl;
@@ -113,6 +130,7 @@ public class PolicyInformationPointImpl implements PolicyInformationPoint {
         }
 
         policies = policyFilter.filterActivePolicies(policies);
+        policies = policyFilter.filterGeneralPolicies(policies);
 
         if (pipDevice.getDeviceType() != null) {
             policies = policyFilter.filterDeviceTypeBasedPolicies(pipDevice.getDeviceType().getName(), policies);