Hello,

Yes category rank plays a very important role during counseling. It decides your merit both during the state counseling and the All India Quota Counseling.

Reservation for candidates is provided by the government, so category rank ensures your merit for reservation within candidates of your category.

Following are the reservation that are given to the candidates of various categories-

• 10% seat reservation for GEN-EWS candidates, (candidates whose family income is less than Rs 8 Lakh per annum)

• 15% seats are reserved for Scheduled Caste(SC) Students.

• 7.5% seats are reserved for Scheduled Tribe (ST) students.

• 27% seats are reserved for OBC-NCL candidates only in colleges run by central government.

• 5% of seats are reserved for Person with Disability PwD. This is a horizontal reservation which means that 5% of all seats reserved for various categories are reserved for candidates with disability from that category.

For more information about the colleges you would be expecting for your NEET 2021 score you can click on the following link -

https://medicine.careers360.com/neet-college-predictor?utm_source=qna&utm_medium=neet_cp

The college predictor gives you a detailed report of all the top colleges that you have a fair chance for getting admission in. And from this suggested colleges list you are in a better position to make right decision while filling the choices of colleges during the Counseling process.

Also check out the MBBS companion - It is helpful for the Counseling & Admission process with Webinar sessions along with the college prediction for All India, Central, Deemed & State counseling.

https://www.careers360.com/mbbs-companion?utm_source=qna&utm_medium=mbbs_comp

Thank you.