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MP to buy school uniforms from pvt firms, ousting SHGs
Hindustan Times Lucknow
|July 06, 2026
The Madhya Pradesh government has decided to directly buy fully-stitched school uniforms from private firms, serving a blow to thousands of self-help group (SHG) women engaged in the work, according to officials aware of the matter.
In a tender, which HT has seen, firms with at least ₹2700 crore turnover in the last three financial years and involved in at least ₹2105 crore business in fabrics with the government, will be allowed to apply for the contract. The officials said the government made the decision with the view to shift to a centralised model. State MSME minister Chetan Kashyap said the centralised procurement system was meant to support industrialists.
“Madhya Pradesh has already discussed with garment industries of the state and decided to float tender to provide stitched uniform to school students. It will boost the state economy,” said Kashyap.
This story is from the July 06, 2026 edition of Hindustan Times Lucknow.
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