Dress Code: Maharashtra Government Bans Jeans, T-shirts, Slippers For Employees In Office

Mumbai, December 11, 2020: Maharashtra government has come up with a dress code for all its employees as it found many of them were wearing ‘indecent attire’, which has an indirect effect on their overall functioning and tarnishes the image of the department. The most important thing is that it is forbidden to come to the office wearing jeans and T-shirt and wearing slippers.

A circular in this regard has been issued with the signature of Shrikant Deshpande, Principal Secretary, General Administration Department, Maharashtra State Government. This dress code will be binding on all government employees and officers as well as those who come to the office on a contract basis and those who work for government as consultants.

The circular states following dress code for government employees:

– The daily attire of all officers and employees should be appropriate for a government employee.

– Dress should always be neat and clean. Women employees should wear sari, salwar/churidar kurta, trouser pants and kurta or shirt on it as well as dupatta if required. Male employees should wear shirts, pants/trousers. Don’t wear dark coloured and colourful embroidered/painted clothes. Also, all officers and employees should not wear jeans and T-shirts in the office.

– As per earlier instructions, all officers and employees should wear khadi at least once a week (Friday) in order to promote it.

– All officers and employees should take care that the clothes worn should be clean and tidy.

– All officers and employees should display their identity cards during office hours.

– Women officers and employees should use sandals, boots (shoes) in the office if possible. Also, male officers and employees should wear shoes and sandals. Slippers should not be used in the office.