GREATER NOIDA, July 29 -- The Uttar Pradesh government has directed the Yamuna Expressway Industrial Development Authority (Yeida) to allot plots meant for industrial and mixed-land projects along the 165km Yamuna Expressway using the objective criteria.

Under the objective criteria, the authority gives marks to a company on the basis of its financial strength, work experience and interview performance, among other categories, to decide whether the company is eligible to be allotted a plot or not.

Yeida officials said plots meant for industrial and mixed-land use will be allotted only to the company that will score the maximum marks during the allotment process.

The move has come after the state government realised that e-auction disco...