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27/07/22 05:49 AM IST

Flag Code of India 2022

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  • The Centre is encouraging citizens to hoist the national flag on their houses between August 13 and 15 as part of the Har Ghar Tiranga campaign.
Har Ghar Tiranga
  •  It is a campaign under the aegis of Azadi Ka Amrit Mahotsav to encourage people to bring the Tiranga home and to hoist it to mark the 75th year of India’s independence. (people are encouraged to hoist a flag in their home from 13 to 15th August)
  • Art 51A(a) – To abide by the Constitution and respect its ideals and institutions, the National Flag and the National Anthem.
Flag Code of India 
  • The Flag Code of India is a set of laws and conventions concerning the use, display, and hoisting of the Indian national flag in the country.
  • It was brought into effect on January 26, 2002.
  • It states that a member of the public, private organisation, or educational institute is allowed to hoist the national flag on all days and occasions, ceremonial or otherwise, consistent with the dignity and honour of the flag.
  • The code has been divided into three parts.
  • The first part contains a general description of the national flag.
  • The second part talks about the display of the flag by members of the public, private organisations, and other institutions.
  • The third part is about the display of the national flag by central and state governments, and their organisations/agencies.
  • On July 20, 2022, the Centre amended the Flag Code of India, allowing the national flag to be flown both in the day and at night if it is displayed in the open or on the house of a member of the public. Earlier, the tricolour could be hoisted only between sunrise and sunset.
Source- PIB 

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