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NIT admission is based on All India Rank as well as the caste rank like the newer NITs accept candidates is also depends on the reservation policy of the respective institute.

For more information go through the link given below:-

https://engineering.careers360.com/articles/nits-cutoff-for-top-btech-branches

NIT admissions are done through caste rank. That is why there is caste system present in India so that those who are needy can be helpful with this system. At present there are 5 major categories in JEE counselling process. Those are as follows.

• General
• General - EWS
• OBC - NCl
• SC
• ST

Each category is divided into two subcategories and those are GENDER - NEUTRAL and FEMALE - ONLY. Counselling is done based on rank in these categories.