Andhra CM launches APCOS to recruit outsourcing employees

Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister YS Jagan Mohan Reddy has launched the Andhra Pradesh Corporation for Outsourced Services - APCOS for the recruitment of temporary employees to various departments in the government.
It will do away with the existing system of hiring outsourced staff through private agencies.
The chief minister asked the officials of APCOS to take care of the recruitment and salaries, including the ESI, PF and other benefits, also following State’s policy of providing 50 per cent reservation to the SCs, STs, BCs, minorities and women.
About 50,449 letters will be handed over by the APCOS to the employees working in various Departments across the State.
Referring to the previous system, the Chief Minister said in some cases, the contractors inflated the number of (outsourced) employees but actually deployed lesser numbers and pocketed the money.