Patna, Jan. 30 -- The Bihar government has approved school uniforms made by the Jeevika women's group for children of government schools under the Chief Minister's scheme. The weavers of Bhagalpur will prepare the cloth for the dresses though the cloth material has not been approved yet.

Bhagalpur District Industries Centre has handed over the sample of Khadi fabric to the Director of Silk Textiles. General Manager of Bhagalpur District Industries Center, Ramsharan Ram told IANS that according to the records there are more than 2,500 handlooms with 10,000 to 15,000 powerlooms.

He said, "Here handlooms and powerlooms have the capacity to provide cloth as per requirement. Bhagalpur cloth is better in terms of quality. Samples of clothes...