'Dignity of the Flag': Ahead of I-Day, Centre Tells States to Stop Using Tricolour Made of Plastic
News 18Ahead of the Independence Day celebration, the Centre has asked states to ensure people don’t use plastic national flags as ensuring appropriate disposal of the tricolour made of non-biodegradable item is a practical problem. It told the states and UTs that on the occasions of important national, cultural and sports events, the national flags made of plastic are also being used in place of national flags made of paper. Since, plastic flags are not biodegradable like paper flags, these do not get decomposed for a long time and ensuring appropriate disposal of national flags made of plastic commensurate with the dignity of the flag is a practical problem, it said. “You are, therefore, requested to ensure that on the occasions of important national, cultural and sports events, flags made of paper only are used by the public in terms of the provisions of the ‘Flag Code of India, 2002’ and such paper flags are not discarded or thrown on the ground after the event,” the Home Ministry said.
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