In Uttar Pradesh, letter of permission (LoP) has been issued for the state medical colleges in Bijnor, Bulandshahr, Kushinagar, Pilibhit, Sultanpur, Kanpur Dehat and Lalitpur collectively having 600 MBBS seats. Additionally, the government medical colleges in Agra and Meerut have seen increase in seat count by 72 and 50, respectively, bringing the total to 200 seats at the Agra Medical College, and 150 seats at the Meerut Medical College.

Among the new colleges, there are three under the public-private-partnership (PPP) mode in Shamli, Maharajganj, and Sambhal, which have received LoP for 150, 150, and 50 MBBS seats respectively. The NMC has also approved an increase in seats at a private medical college in Hapur. The counselling slated to begin in August will be conducted on 10,500 MBBS seats across government, private, and PPP model medical colleges in the state.

Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath had discussed with Union Health Minister JP Nadda the recognition of 13 new medical colleges. For the remaining six medical colleges, an appeal to the National Medical Commission (NMC) will be made once again to secure approval.