LUCKNOW, Dec. 3 -- The Uttar Pradesh Cabinet on Tuesday approved a proposal to treat all national and international sportspersons employed by the state government as on duty when they participate in national or international competitions or attend training and sports camps held to prepare them for such events.

The move is expected to ease the process of granting permission to sportspersons for competitions and camps, removing a long-standing hurdle.

Chief minister Yogi Adityanath presided over the Cabinet meeting that approved 20 proposals, including the ones providing for disbursement of incentives to three investors under the provisions of the Infrastructure and Industrial Investment Policy-2012 (M/s Paswara Papers Limited, Meerut) an...