Bihar government bans jeans, T-shirts in Secretariat

The Bihar government has put a ban on wearing jeans and T-shirts in the state secretariat, irrespective of the employees' ranks.

The officials and employees have been asked to wear simple, sober, comfortable and light-coloured attire in office.

An order issued by the Upper Secretary of the state government, Mahadev Prasad, said: "It has been noticed that officials and employees are coming to office in attires which are contrary to the office culture. This is against the office decorum."

Now everyone will have to come to office in formal dress at any cost, he said.

According to a report in Hindustan Times, Order says that all officials / employees posted in general administration department in the state capital Patna have been instructed to avoid jeans and T-shirts. They have been asked to come to office in formal dresses “which are sober in colour, which is laced with dignity, comfortable, acceptable in society and as per the requirement of the season.”