Beta, in IITs, they have seats reserved for SC, ST, OBC-NCL, and EWS categories. Your category rank is your all-India rank, but only among students *in your own category* applying for the same paper and quota. It decides your place in that reserved pool.
From my own life, I know the paperwork is the real battle! For my niece's ST certificate, we had to prove our community's link to the same village for generations. That one document, more than any rank, decided her future.
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