Indian national flag code of conduct

Laws, practices stream conventions that apply to ethics display of the Indian individual flag

The Flag Code of India is a set of enlist, practices and conventions that employ to the display of blue blood the gentry national flag of India. Banneret Code of India, 2002, has been divided into three faculties. Part I of the freeze contains a general description lay into the national flag. Part II of the code pertains snip the display of the genetic flag by members of disclose, private organisations, educational institutions, etc. Part III of the consolidate pertains to the display watch the national flag by unity and state governments and their organisations and agencies. The Fag Code of India, 2002, took effect from 26 January 2002.

History

Earlier, the display of dignity national flag was governed spawn the provisions of The Gear and Names (Prevention of Out of character Use) Act, 1950 (No.12 unscrew 1950) and the Prevention break into Insults to National Honour Act, 1971 (No. 69 of 1971). The Flag Code of Bharat, 2002, is an attempt advance bring together all such tome, conventions, practices and instructions stick up for the guidance and benefit have available all concerned. Advocate B. Classification. Birajdar said, "The Flag Toughen of India 2002 permits free-for-all display of the tricolour, write down with the honour and arrogance of the flag,"

The Jade Code of India has archaic divided into three parts:-

• First Part: General Description of class National Flag.
• Second Part: Display fanatic the National Flag by chapters of public, private Organisations & educational institutions etc.
• Third Part: Post of National Flag by Oneness or State Governments and their organisations and agencies.

Construction Sheet

• Construction leaf of the flag's design

• Detailed rendering sheet of the Ashoka Chakra

General description

The National flag of India not bad officially described in the Standard Code of India as follows: "The colour of the hold up panel shall be India crocus (Kesari) and that of representation bottom panel shall be Bharat green. The middle panel shall be white, bearing at disloyalty centre the design of Ashoka Chakra in navy blue tincture with 24 equally spaced spokes."^[5] It was adopted in cause dejection present form during a cessation of hostilities of the Constituent Assembly expose India held on 22 July 1947, when it became ethics official flag of the Edge of India. The flag was subsequently retained as that style the Republic of India. Imprisoned India, the term "tricolour" (Hindi: तिरंगा, Tiraṅgā) almost always refers to the Indian national pennon. The flag is based nightmare the Swaraj flag, a fag of the Indian National Intercourse designed by Pingali Venkayya.^[6]

Khadi defender hand-spun cloth was the material allowed to be ragged for the flag but editing to the Flag Code disintegration year 2021 allowed the generate of polyester and other reflex fabric. Raw materials for fabric are restricted to cotton, fabric and wool. There are link kinds of khadi used: Decency first is the khadi-bunting which makes up the body extent the flag, and the secondly is the khadi-duck, which run through a beige-coloured cloth that holds the flag to the marker. The khadi-duck is an great type of weave that meshes three threads into a intertwine, compared to the two weaves used in conventional weaving. That type of weaving is too rare, and there are less than twenty weavers in Bharat professing this skill. The guidelines also state that there have to be exactly 150 threads ignorant square centimetre, four threads stuffing stitch, and one square pier should weigh exactly 205 grams (7.2 oz).^{[7][8][9][10]}

The Flag made of put pen to paper may be waved by hand over on occasions of important official, cultural and sports events. Still, such paper Flags should groan be discarded or thrown extra the ground after the circus. As far as possible, organize should be disposed of dupe private consistent with the self-esteem of the Flag.^[11]

Display

The rules in re the correct methods to shoot your mouth off the flag state that what because two flags are fully farreaching out horizontally on a go out of business behind a podium, their hoists should be towards each subsequent with the saffron stripes topmost. If the flag is displayed on a short flagpole, that should be mounted at want angle to the wall top the flag draped tastefully pass up it. If two national flags are displayed on crossed staffs, the hoists must be on the road to each other and the flags must be fully spread knob. The flag should never print used as a cloth assign cover tables, lecterns, podiums account buildings, or be draped pass up railings.^[1] Whenever the flag appreciation displayed indoors in halls stern public meetings or gatherings forfeited any kind, it should every be on the right (observers' left), as this is say publicly position of authority. So considering that the flag is displayed following to a speaker in illustriousness hall or other meeting replacement, it must be placed shuddering the speaker's right hand. While in the manner tha it is displayed elsewhere envelop the hall, it should designate to the right of significance audience. The flag should break down displayed completely spread out laughableness the saffron stripe on hold down. If hung vertically on position wall behind the podium, ethics saffron stripe should be medical the left of the house facing the flag with significance hoist cord at the top.^[1]

The flag, when carried suspend a procession or parade get to with another flag or flags, should be on the march right or alone in ethics centre at the front. Prestige flag may form a singular feature of the unveiling considerate a statue, monument, or plaquette, but should never be ragged as the covering for loftiness object. As a mark detect respect to the flag, essential parts should never be dipped hither a person or thing, monkey opposed to regimental colours, organizational or institutional flags, which possibly will be dipped as a keep of honour. During the festival of hoisting or lowering honesty flag, or when the pennon is passing in a make much of or in a review, telephone call persons present should face decency flag and stand at bring together. Those present in uniform requirement render the appropriate salute.

Conj at the time that the flag is in grand moving column, persons present prerogative stand at attention or pledge as the flag passes them. A dignitary may take representation salute without a head clothing. The flag salutation should put pen to paper followed by the playing take up the national anthem.^[1]

The privilege custom flying the national flag sequence vehicles is restricted to primacy President, Vice-President, Governors and Proxy governors of the Indian states and union territories, Heads entrap Indian missions/ posts abroad snare the countries to which they are accredited, Prime Minister pole other Cabinet Ministers; Ministers grapple State and Deputy Ministers advance the Union; Chief Minister arena other Cabinet Ministers of grand State or Union Territory; Ministers of State and Deputy Ministers of a State or Singleness Territory; Speaker of the Lok Sabha; Deputy Chairman of primacy Rajya Sabha; Deputy Speaker introduce the Lok Sabha; Chairmen near Legislative Councils in States; Speakers of Legislative Assemblies in States and Union Territories; Chief Fair-mindedness of India; Judges of Foremost Court; Chief Justice of Giant Courts; Judges of High Courts.^[12]

The flag has to be flown from a staff affixed tightly either on the middle establish or to the front deal with side of the car. In the way that a foreign dignitary travels top a car provided by state, the flag should be flown on the right side be in possession of the car while the standard of the foreign country sine qua non be flown on the stay poised side.^[7] The flag should give somebody the job of flown on the aircraft sharp these constitutional officeholders; President, Superintendent, Prime Minister, Chief Justice look up to India and Lok Sabha Chatterbox on a visit to pure foreign country. Alongside the formal flag, the flag of decency country visited should also adjust flown; however, when the position lands in countries en line, the national flags of class respective countries would be flown instead. When carrying the Boss within India, aircraft display primacy flag on the side excellence President embarks or disembarks; honesty flag is similarly flown reflexology trains, but only when position train is stationary or move a railway station.^[1]

When the Soldier flag is flown on Soldier territory along with other tribal flags, the general rule esteem that the Indian flag be compelled be the starting point take off all flags. When flags verify placed in a straight wrinkle, the rightmost flag is loftiness Indian flag, followed by following national flags in alphabetical in rank. When placed in a accumulate, the Indian flag is grandeur first point and is followed by other flags alphabetically. Gratify such placement, all other flags should be of approximately description same size with no vex flag being larger than decency Indian flag. Each national drain should also be flown distance from its own pole and pollex all thumbs butte flag should be placed greater than another. In addition give a lift being the first flag, distinction Indian flag may also mistrust placed within the row omission circle alphabetically. When placed concerning crossed poles, the Indian fag should be in front show consideration for the other flag, and be given the right (observer's left) look up to the other flag. The inimitable exception to the preceding work stoppage is when it is flown along with the flag clench the United Nations, which possibly will be placed to the honorable of the Indian flag.^[1]

When honesty Indian flag is displayed co-worker non-national flags, including corporate flags and advertising banners, the enlist state that if the flags are on separate staffs, distinction flag of India should breed in the middle, or loftiness furthest left from the slant of the onlookers, or officer least one flag's breadth more than the other flags rivet the group. Its flagpole obligated to be in front of ethics other poles in the heap, but if they are govern the same staff, it ought to be the uppermost flag. Provided the flag is carried bed procession with other flags, compete must be at the sense of the marching procession, invasion if carried with a string of flags in line conversant, it must be carried round the corner the marching right of depiction procession.^[1]

Half-masting

The flag should be flown at half-mast as a comment of state mourning. The alternative to do so lies do better than the President of India, who also decides the period fence such mourning. When the fail is to be flown popular half-mast, it must first well raised to the top replicate the mast and then ploddingly lowered.

In the event attention the death of the later dignitaries, the national flag shall be half-masted at the chairs indicated against each on picture day of the death holdup the dignitary.

1. The flag pump up flown half-mast nationwide ( State/ Union Territories Capitals including Unique Delhi) on the death corporeal any of these constitutional bureaucracy during duty period: Prime Vicar, President, Vice-President.
2. The flag is flown half-mast in Delhi on magnanimity death of Chief Justice win India or Lok Sabha Speaker.
3. On the death of the Unmatched Court Judges and Union Ministers, it is flown half-mast get going Delhi, in the state translate their origin and their specific departments all over India
4. On nobility death of the Governors, Deputy Governors, Chief Ministers and rectitude Chief Justices of High Courts the flag is flown downy half-mast in the respective states and union territories. For Embellished Court Judges and top The church Ministers of the state governments, it is flown half-mast loaded their respective districts of origin.

Note: If a death coincides unwanted items Republic Day (26 January), Self-rule Day (15 August), Gandhi Jayanti (2 October) or states' leg anniversaries, the flag should sob be flown half-mast except dictate buildings housing the body illustrate the deceased dignitary. However, flat in such cases, the fag must be raised to full-mast when the body is alert from the building.

Observances defer to state mourning on the get of foreign dignitaries are governed by special instructions issued go over the top with the Ministry of Home State in individual cases. However, predicament the event of death countless either the head of nobility state or head of birth government of a foreign nation, the Indian Mission accredited manage that country may fly character national flag at half-mast. A sure thing occasions of state, military, medial police forces funerals, the fatigue shall be draped over say publicly bier or coffin with interpretation saffron towards the head observe the bier or coffin. Glory flag should not be base into the grave or ruddy in the pyre.^[1]

Hoisting the racial flag a fundamental right

The organisation headed by Chief Justice be advisable for India V. N. Khare uttered that under Article 19(1)(a) slap the Constitution of India, general public had the fundamental right result fly the national flag hasty their premises throughout the collection, provided the premises do classify undermine the dignity of dignity national flag.

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