Lucknow, Sept. 2 -- The Uttar Pradesh government has taken a historic step to make outsourcing services in the state more transparent, safe and accountable. A total of 15 proposals were approved in the cabinet meeting led by Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath today, which also included approval for the formation of Uttar Pradesh Outsource Service Corporation Limited under Section-8 of the Companies Act-2013.

State finance minister Suresh Kumar Khanna said that this corporation will be a public limited company, which will be operated as a non-profit organization. "Through this, now the outsourcing agencies will not be selected directly by the departments, but the corporation will select the agency through a fair and transparent process through ...