Competition gets stiff as JEE Main 2026 cutoff increases

JEE Main 2026 Cut-Offs Increased: To be eligible, a candidate must be among the top 2.50 lakh successful candidates in the Paper 1 of JEE Main 2026, with the category-wise distribution being 10% for GEN-EWS, 27% for OBC-NCL, 15% for SC, 7.5% for ST, and the remaining 40.5% open for all, with a 5% horizontal reservation for PwD candidates within each category.