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Tirupati: APCOS will prevent exploitation of outsourced staff says Deputy Chief Minister K Narayana Swamy
- Deputy Chief Minister K Narayana Swamy maintains that APCOS would lay the path for transparency in the appointment of outsourcing employees required by various government departments
- Panchayat Raj Minister P Ramachandra Reddy says that the new set up will give a blow on the contractors who were all these years squeezing the exchequer by inflating the number of employees being engaged under outsourcing
Tirupati: With the aim to put an end to the exploitation of the outsourced employees and the large scale corruption involved in the outsourcing system, the state government is setting up a separate AP Corporation for Outsourced Services (APCOS), said Deputy Chief Minister K Narayana Swamy and Panchayat Raj and Mines Minister P Ramachandra Reddy.
They were speaking at a meeting held at RDO office here on the occasion of the launch of APCOS through video conferencing by Chief Minister Y S Jagan Mohan Reddy on Friday.
Narayana Swamy maintained that APCOS would lay the path for transparency in the appointment of outsourcing employees required by various government departments. The PR Minister said that the new set up will give a blow on the contractors who were all these years squeezing the exchequer by inflating the number of employees being engaged under outsourcing.
Hitherto, the outsourcing system was noted for corruption with the contractors forcibly collecting lakhs of rupees from the unemployed for engaging them and they also collect money from the outsourcing employees for payment of monthly salary, Reddy said lauding Chief Minister Jagan Mohan Reddy for fulfilling one more assurance he had given during his
Padayatra for setting up APCOS for ensuring prompt wages and other benefits like PF, ESI to the outsourced in the state.
He said about 3,000 working as outsourced in various departments in Chittoor district will be benefitted with APCOS and the number would go up.
Marking the occasion, Narayana Swamy and Ramachandra Reddy handed over the appointment letters to select outsourced employees who are all thanked Chief Minister Jagan Mohan Reddy for introducing APCOS which they said would ensure job security and provide opportunities to weaker sections.
A host of officials and non-officials including MPs Balli Durga Prasad, Reddappa, District Collector Narayan Bharat Gupta and others participated.
