The Haryana government on Wednesday defended its dress code orders issued recently by the women and child development department that asked its employees to wear "decent" clothes at work.  

The order issued on April 18 by the department's superintendent on behalf of the then director Renu Phulia with regard to wearing of "decent clothes in the office" said, it has been observed that some officials (both males and female) are coming to office in Jeans/T-shirts/Western dresses, "which sometime not only look awkward, but are also in contravention of the government rules."