"Rupees one lakh each will be given to these students for expenses, including various types of fees, books and other material and arrangement of free education will be made," an official spokesman said here.
Earlier, Akhilesh felicitated first five rank-holders, including Shams Mohammad Khan, Abu Asim, Shubham Malhotra, Alia Zehra and Priyanshi Swaroop at his official residence.
He presented a book on anatomy to the merit holders and congratulated them on their success.
He said the government was committed to provide qualitative medical education so that pepople of the state could get more and more able doctors.