JEE Main May 2022 : Reservation Criteria

The authorities provide certain reservations to candidates for admission in the participating institutes on the basis of their categories. Following table can be referred to know the reservation criteria of JEE Main 2022.

JEE Main Reservation Criteria 2022

Category	Reservation
Other Backward Classes who belong to Non-Creamy Layer (OBC-NCL)	27%
Scheduled Caste (SC)	15%
Scheduled Tribe (ST)	7.5%
General-Economically Weaker Section (GEN-EWS)	10%

Note: Each category will have 5% reservations for Persons with Disabilities (PwD).

JEE Main 2022 Reservation for Women Candidates

A female candidate can apply under the All India Level or Women Quota System since most of the colleges reserve 5% seats for female candidates.
For instance, there are colleges which offer relaxation to girls in terms of percentage of marks. So, if the cut off is somewhere around 98% for a particular seat/course, a girl can apply for the same seat at around 93%.
For PwD female students, the relaxation is approximately an additional 3% under JEE Main reservation.