The Government of India has allowed manufacture and import of machine-made polyester national flags by amending the 2002 Flag Code of India.
- The rules earlier permitted only flags made by “hand-spun and woven wool or cotton or silk khadi bunting” while the import of machine-made flags was banned in 2019.
About National Flag of India
- The Indian flag was adopted in its present form during a meeting of the Constituent Assembly held on July 22, 1947.
- The first national flag is said to have been hoisted on August 7, 1906, at the Parsee Bagan Square, near Lower Circular Road, in Calcutta (now Kolkata).
- Later, in 1921, freedom fighter Pingali Venkayya met Mahatma Gandhi and proposed a basic design of the flag, consisting of two red and green bands.
About Flag Code of India
- The Flag Code of India came into effect in 2002 which allowed the unrestricted display of the Tricolour as long as the honour and dignity of the flag were being respected.
- The Code states that there will be no restriction on the display of the flag by public and private bodies and educational institutions except to the extent as laid down in the Emblems and Names (Prevention of Improper Use) Act, 1950 and the Prevention of Insults to National Honour Act, 1971.
- It mentions that the tricolour cannot be used for commercial purposes, and cannot be dipped in salute to any person or thing.
- Whenever the flag is displayed, it should be distinctly placed and should “occupy the position of honour”.
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