The government of Punjab has decided to regularise 65,048 outsourced employees from 51 departments, aiming to end the role of private contractors in manpower hiring. The move will be implemented through the Punjab State Outsourced Personnel (Transition to Contractual Engagement) Bill, 2026, and the Punjab Contractual Personnel (Absorption against Sanctioned Vacancies) Bill, 2026.
Chief Minister Bhagwant Mann said, “The government will first engage outsourced workers on contract for 10 years, after which they will be considered for absorption against regular sanctioned posts.”
According to sources, more than 26,000 workers are expected to be regularised as per the first list.
Mann said the implementation process would commence within 45 days of Cabinet approval and eligible categories would be notified phase-wise by the Departments of Personnel and Finance.
The move is also expected to end the outsourcing of Group C and Group D employees, many of whom have repeatedly complained about exploitation by contractors.
As per the detailed list, 15,753 complaint-handling workers in the power sector, meter readers, and nodal workers; 8,438 local government employees; 8,373 workers from cooperative institutions; 7,704 workers in school education; 4,746 workers in the transport department; and 1,472 outsourced fire personnel are expected to feature in the list.
The list also includes 2,688 employees from Health and Family Welfare, 1,575 from Water Supply and Sanitation, 1,533 from Agriculture, 1,311 from Jails, 1,251 from Technical Education, 1,570 from PWD (B&R), 1,322 from General Administration, and 1,231 from Medical Education.
Mann said, “Wages will be credited directly into employees’ bank accounts without any agency deductions or commissions.”
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