Dress decent, says Karnataka government to employees

mangaloretoday.com

Bangalore, Sept 15: The Karnataka government has decided that its employees need to stop wearing clothes "that did not bring repute" to their offices.

So written instructions mandate trousers and a shirt or a kurta- pyjama for men and sarees or "chudidars" for women.

 

A circular sent out on September 12 says employees must wear "decent" clothes and laments, adding, "It has been noticed that staff of the state secretariat, particularly the newly-joined ones, come to offices wearing dress which does not bring repute to the Secretariat."

Chief Minister Siddaramaiah said today that the decision was taken to instill "a sense of discipline" among employees.  "No complaints have been received so far," he said of the dress code diktat, "if any come, I will look into it."