Lucknow, March 20 -- The Uttar Pradesh government is set to increase the wages of outsourced employees across the state from April.

In accordance with chief minister Yogi Adityanath's announcement in the budget session of the UP assembly, fresh service conditions and revised wages are being included in tenders issued by the state government departments for outsourced employees. This will pave the way for a hike in their wages, said a state government officer.

According to the new service conditions, various state government departments have issued tenders to pay watchmen and peons Rs.18,000 per month. The wages for translators, computer operators, and data entry operators have been revised to approximately Rs.23,000. System administrato...