TCS's exit from Lucknow to dent CM Adityanath's 'Brand UP' mission

IT major is in the process of consolidating its operations in Uttar Pradesh

Within days of the Yogi Adityanath cabinet approving the new industrial policy for Uttar Pradesh, the information technology major Tata Consultancy Services (TCS) has declared that it would wind up operations of its Lucknow unit. The news of the IT major’s exit could well deal a severe blow to the Adityanath-led state government that is trying to promote ‘Brand UP’.    

The UP government had, on July 4, cleared the state’s new industrial policy aimed at achieving industrial in economic development in the region. As part of its efforts for improving its credentials on these two aspects, the state