LUCKNOW, March 11 -- The Uttar Pradesh cabinet, chaired by chief minister Yogi Adityanath, on Tuesday approved an amendment to UP Government Employees Rules, 1956, making it mandatory for employees to inform appropriate authority for investing an amount equivalent to more than six months of their basic salary in stocks, shares or other instruments in a single calendar year. People aware of the development said the amendment would directly affect about nearly 850,000 government employees in the state. Briefing the media, UP finance minister Suresh Khanna said strict action, including denial of promotion or stopping salary, may be taken against employees for violating rules. The UP government had earlier made it mandatory for state employees ...