Last Updated on 13/08/2024 by Arun jain
Flags have started selling everywhere in the market to celebrate Independence Day on 15th August. At the same time, people are enthusiastically participating in the ‘Har Ghar Tiranga’ campaign started by Prime Minister Narendra Modi. Now people are putting the tricolour on their vehicles and in their homes.
But, there are some rules for hoisting the national flag, according to which the tricolor can be hoisted only. Similarly, there are some rules for hoisting the tricolor on the car, in which only some people of India have been given permission to put the tricolor on the car. In such a situation, today we tell you who can put the flag on the car…
What are the rules for putting flags on a car?
All the rules and regulations related to hoisting the tricolor in India come under the Flag Code 2002. This flag code is applicable from 26 January 2002. – Before 2002, the rules for hoisting the tricolor came under the Emblems and Names (Prevention of Improper Use) Act, 1950 and Prevention of Insults to National Honor Act, 1971.
In this code, only a few people are allowed to put a flag on their car and apart from this, they can put the flag according to the rules. Let us tell you that those who have permission to put a flag, they can put a flag on their car whenever they feel it necessary.
The flag should be placed on the right side of the car. If a dignitary is accompanied by a dignitary from another country, then in this case the Indian flag should be placed on the right side of the car and the flag of the other dignitary’s country should be placed on the left side.
Who can hoist the flag?
Now let us know who can hoist the flag. According to the rules of the Flag Code of India, the President, Vice-President, Governor and Lieutenant-Governor, Head of Foreign Embassy, Prime Minister, Cabinet Minister, Union Minister of State, Chief Minister, other Cabinet Ministers can hoist the flag. Apart from these, the Speaker of Lok Sabha, Deputy Chairman of Rajya Sabha, Chairman of State Legislative Councils, Speaker of Legislative Assembly etc. can hoist the flag.
Which rules have changed?
Earlier, according to the rules, only flags made of hand-woven and spun wool, cotton or silk khadi could be hoisted and now the tricolour made of machine-made cotton, wool or silk khadi can also be hoisted. Apart from this, the tricolour made of polyester can also be hoisted. Earlier, the flag could be hoisted from sunrise to sunset and now the flag can be hoisted at night as well.
Source (PTI) (NDTV) (HINDUSTANTIMES)