Change in Flag Code of India: Can stay hoisted Day & Night

• 26 Jul 2022

As the central government has launched ‘Har Ghar Tiranga’ campaign from August 13, the Ministry of Home Affairs has amended the Flag Code of India 2002 to allow for the national flag to be flown even at night. Earlier, the flag could be hoisted only between sunrise and sunset.

The Change: Clause XI of Paragraph 2.2 the Flag Code

• Now: Clause XI of paragraph 2.2 of the Flag Code was replaced by the following clause: “where the flag is displayed in the open or displayed on the house of a member of the public, it may be flown day and night”.
• Earlier: Clause XI earlier read, “where the flag is displayed in the open, it should, as far as possible, be flown from sunrise to sunset, irrespective of weather conditions”.

Other recent Changes to Flag Code

• Last year, the government had amended the flag code to allow for machine-made and polyester flags to be used.
• Towards this, the government replaced paragraph 1.2 of Part I of the flag code with the following: “The National Flag shall be made of hand-spun and hand-woven or machine-made, cotton/ polyester/ wool/ silk khadi bunting.”