Har Ghar Tiranga: 20 crore National Flags made available

India

oi-Vicky Nanjappa

New
Delhi,
Aug
13:
More
than
20
crore
national
flags
have
been
made
available
to
people
since
the
announcement
of
the
‘Har
Ghar
Tiranga’ campaign,
culture
ministry
officials
said
on
Friday.

Prime
Minister
Narendra
Modi
on
July
22
had
appealed
to
people
to
strengthen
the
‘Har
Ghar
Tiranga’ movement
by
hoisting
or
displaying
the
national
flag
in
their
homes
between
August
13-15,
news
agency
PTI
reported.

The
government
has
envisioned
the
‘Har
Ghar
Tiranga’
(tricolour
at
every
home)
exercise
in
the
run
up
to
the
75th
anniversary
of
India’s
independence.

More
than
20
crore
national
flags
have
been
made
available
to
people
since
the
announcement
of
the
campaign,
officials
in
the
ministry
said.

Har
Ghar
Tiranga:
India
post
sells
over
1
crore
national
flags
in
10
days

Officials
said,
change
in
the
flag
code
has
also
contributed
to
a
rise
in
demand
for
the
national
flag.

The
government
has
changed
the
country’s
flag
code
by
allowing
the
tricolour
to
fly
both
day
and
night
and
be
machine-made
besides
use
of
polyester.

As
part
of
the
‘Har
Ghar
Tiranga’
campaign
under
the
aegis
of
the
‘Azadi
ka
Amrit
Mahotsav’,
the
government,
the
culture
ministry,
various
Union
ministers,
among
others
have
appealed
to
the
people
to
hoist
the
Indian
tricolour
at
their
homes.

The
ministry
through
the
website
of
the
campaign,
has
also
been
suggesting
to
people,
proper
ways
to
display
a
flag
at
their
homes,
and
urging
them
to
take
a
selfie
with
‘Tiranga’ or
pin
location
a
flag
near
them
on
the
internet.

Mr
Modi
on
July
31
had
said
the
‘Azadi
Ka
Amrit
Mahotsav’
was
turning
into
a
mass
movement
and
urged
people
to
put
‘Tiranga’
as
the
profile
picture
of
their
social
media
accounts
between
August
2
and
15.

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The
prime
minister
on
August
2
had
changed
his
display
picture
on
social
media
accounts
to
the
national
flag
and
urged
people
to
do
the
same
as
part
of
a
collective
movement
to
celebrate
the
Tricolour.

Other
senior
BJP
leaders,
including
Union
ministers
and
chief
ministers,
had
followed
suit.