NEET Scheduled Caste Cutoff in Punjab

Colleges

Most Competitive

1,513

Least Competitive

4,294

Data Range

2025

What is Scheduled Caste?

The Scheduled Caste (SC) category in Karnataka has a 15% reservation of state quota seats. This covers all communities listed under the Constitution (Scheduled Castes) Order for Karnataka. Candidates must produce a Caste/Income Certificate issued by the jurisdictional Tahasildar at the time of document verification. No creamy layer criterion applies to SC candidates. Fee reimbursement at government medical colleges is administered by the Social Welfare Department (not the Backward Classes Welfare Department); check the latest Social Welfare Department notification for current income eligibility thresholds. Vacant SC seats follow the state's inter-se vacancy filling rules. SC candidates can also compete for GM seats on merit.

Other categories

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Analysis

The SC (Scheduled Caste) category has cutoff data available across 12 medical colleges in Punjab. This data covers 1 year of counselling from 2025. Closing ranks for this category range from 1,513 (most competitive) to 4,294 (least competitive).

The most competitive colleges for SC (Scheduled Caste) in Punjab are: ESIC Medical College & Hospital, Ludhiana (average closing rank 1,513), Government Medical College, Patiala (average closing rank 1,712), Government Medical College, Amritsar (average closing rank 2,029), Dr. B.R. Ambedkar State Institute of Medical Sciences, Mohali (average closing rank 2,092), Guru Gobind Singh Medical College, Faridkot (average closing rank 2,217). These colleges consistently attract candidates with the lowest NEET All India Ranks in this category.

Closing ranks do not move the same way across rounds at every college. Of the 17 SC (Scheduled Caste) colleges with multi-round data, 17 closed at stronger ranks as only a few seats freed up. RIMT Medical College & Hospital, Mandi Gobindgarh moved the most, tightening from 3,959 in Round 1 to 2,043 by the final round.

For SC (Scheduled Caste) candidates targeting Punjab: cutoffs have remained relatively stable. Candidates with ranks between 1,513 and 4,294 had options across these 12 colleges in previous counselling cycles.

Scheduled Caste cutoffs by college

College	Avg rank	Range	Trend
ESIC Medical College & Hospital, Ludhiana	1,513	1,513 – 1,513	—
Government Medical College, Patiala	1,712	1,712 – 1,712	—
Government Medical College, Amritsar	2,029	2,029 – 2,029	—
Dr. B.R. Ambedkar State Institute of Medical Sciences, Mohali	2,092	2,092 – 2,092	—
Guru Gobind Singh Medical College, Faridkot	2,217	2,217 – 2,217	—
Dayanand Medical College & Hospital, Ludhiana	2,300	2,300 – 2,300	—
Punjab Institute of Medical Sciences, Jalandhar	2,400	2,400 – 2,400	—
Christian Medical College, Ludhiana	2,484	2,484 – 2,484	—
Gian Sagar Medical College & Hospital, Banur	2,510	2,510 – 2,510	—
RIMT Medical College & Hospital, Mandi Gobindgarh	2,554	2,554 – 2,554	—
Dayanand Medical College & Hospital, Ludhiana	2,930	2,930 – 2,930	—
Adesh Institute of Medical Sciences & Research, Bathinda	3,452	3,452 – 3,452	—
Sri Guru Ram Das Institute of Medical Sciences & Research, Amritsar	3,496	3,496 – 3,496	—
Punjab Institute of Medical Sciences, Jalandhar	3,588	3,588 – 3,588	—
Gian Sagar Medical College & Hospital, Banur	3,877	3,877 – 3,877	—
RIMT Medical College & Hospital, Mandi Gobindgarh	3,959	3,959 – 3,959	—
Adesh Institute of Medical Sciences & Research, Bathinda	4,294	4,294 – 4,294	—