This State Govt Bans T-shirts, Jeans for its Employees, deep colours, 'strange' embroidery also barred

As per an order issued by the General Administration Department, Maharashtra on Dec 8, the workers are to refrain from wearing clothes “with deep colours & strange embroidery patterns or pictures”. Women should wear sari, salwar, churidar-kurta or trousers with a kurta or a shirt & a dupatta if required. Men should wear trousers & shirts. Employees have been advised to wear Khadi once a week.

Instead of slippers, women should wear chappals, sandals or shoes whereas men should wear shoes or sandals.

This is not the first time that a Govt has imposed a dress code. Earlier this year, a circular was issued by the Madhya Pradesh Govt, whereby Govt officials & employees in the state’s Gwalior division were banned from wearing faded jeans & t-shirts in office & were asked to wear “dignified, decent & formal attire”, a report said.

In 2019, a similar order was reportedly issued by the Govt of Bihar, which banned wearing jeans & t-shirts in the state secretariat, irrespective of the employees’ ranks. Instead, they were asked to wear “simple, sombre & light-coloured attire” to office.

In 2018, the then Rajasthan Govt came up with a dress code for students, asking them to wear salwar kameez or sarees on the college premises instead of “western outfits”. The rule, however, was revoked after receiving a lot of complaints from students.

In 2014, a khap panchayat in Muzaffarnagar district of Uttar Pradesh had banned the use of mobile phones & wearing jeans for girls. This year, the panchayat advised men to not go to public places in half pants as it is “distasteful,” according to a news agency report.

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