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Non-NCR cities of Uttar Pradesh pipped Noida, Greater Noida, and Ghaziabad to attract over 60 per cent of the new realty projects in the last five years, according to registration data of UP Real Estate Regulatory Authority (RERA). In 2022 alone, the UP RERA registered around 225 projects of which more than 150 were in non-NCR cities of the state like Lucknow, Varanasi, Gorakhpur, Bareilly, Agra, Mathura and Moradabad, the data showed. The UP RERA was established in 2017 to regulate the fast-growing real estate sector, bring transparency, protect the interest of homebuyers and ensure speedy resolutions of disputes of consumers and builders. "So far, 3,340 plus real estate projects have been registered with RERA. In 2022, approximately 225 applications of new project registration have been received of which 125 in the first half and 100 in the second half of the year. "Almost 72 projects were in the National Capital Region (NCR) and 153 projects were in the non-NCR districts. The ra