Updated On: 02 October, 2022 06:06 PM IST | Mumbai | ANI
The employees working in the government or in government-funded institutions would use `Vande Mataram` instead of `hello` while receiving telephone or mobile phone calls from citizens or government officials

Maharashtra CM Eknath Shinde. File Pic
The Maharashtra government led by Eknath Shinde on Saturday issued a government resolution (GR) making it mandatory for all government employees to say `Vande Mataram` instead of `Hello` while receiving telephone or mobile phone calls, saying that the word `hello` is an imitation of Western culture.
The employees working in the government or in government-funded institutions would use `Vande Mataram` instead of `hello` while receiving telephone or mobile phone calls from citizens or government officials, as per the government order.