Lucknow, July 4 -- Chief minister Yogi Adityanath on Thursday approved the establishment of the Uttar Pradesh Outsource Service Corporation (UPCOS)-a dedicated body aimed at bringing transparency, stability and trust in the employment of outsourced staff in state government departments.

Reservation provisions for Scheduled Castes (SCs), Scheduled Tribes (STs), Other Backward Classes (OBCs), economically weaker sections (EWS), women, Divyangjan and ex-servicemen will be followed in all appointments made by the proposed corporation. The corporation will give priority to destitute, divorced and abandoned women.

The establishment of UPCOS is being termed as a landmark decision of the Yogi government to safeguard labour rights, remuneration,...