Archive · 2 Sep 2026
Uttar Pradesh Launches UPCOS for Outsourced Workers’ Security
Uttar Pradesh has created a new system for people hired through outsourcing agencies.
It is called the Uttar Pradesh Outsource Service Corporation, or UPCOS.
The system will keep information about workers, such as attendance, salaries and leave, in one place.
Workers should receive their salaries on time, between the 1st and 5th of each month.
They can also check their records and file complaints online.
The plan includes benefits such as EPF, ESIC, insurance and maternity leave.
Outsourcing agencies will not be allowed to remove workers on their own.
The articles disagree about whether 3.5 lakh or 5 lakh workers will benefit.
Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath launched the Uttar Pradesh Outsource Service Corporation and its UPCOS portal in Lucknow.
The digital system will manage recruitment, postings, attendance, salaries, social security, service records and complaints.
Outsourced employees are expected to receive salaries between the 1st and 5th of each month directly in their bank accounts.
The system includes EPF, ESIC, insurance, maternity leave and protections against arbitrary removal.
The articles give differing estimates of beneficiaries: approximately 5 lakh workers in one account and 3.5 lakh in another.
- Who
- The Uttar Pradesh government, led by Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath, and outsourced employees.
- What
- The government launched the Uttar Pradesh Outsource Service Corporation and the UPCOS digital portal.
- When
- The launch was reported on September 2; another article describes it as taking place on Wednesday.
- Where
- Lucknow, including an event at Lok Bhavan.
- Why
- To organize outsourced employment and improve timely payments, recruitment transparency, social security and grievance handling.
- Beneficiary estimate
- One article says approximately 5 lakh workers; another says around 3.5 lakh outsourced employees.
- Salary schedule
- Payments are intended to reach employees between the 1st and 5th of every month.
- Recruitment
- Recruitment is planned to be online, qualification- and merit-based, and aligned with the state reservation policy.
- Worker protections
- Outsourcing agencies cannot remove employees independently; action requires consent from the concerned department or institution and the Corporation.
- Social security
- The system covers EPF, ESIC, insurance, banking facilities and other permitted service benefits.
- Insurance benefits
- The reported State Bank of India arrangement includes personal accident insurance of up to approximately ₹40 lakh, subject to salary categories.
- Additional assistance
- Reported provisions include assistance for education, daughters’ marriages and an employee’s last rites.
