Govt officials told to hoist tricolour at home & upload selfies on portal

ALL government employees, including officers in the ministries and their affiliated departments, have been asked to hoist the national flag at their residences as part of the government’s three-day nationwide ‘Har Ghar Tiranga’ (tricolour at every house) campaign starting on August 13.

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The government employees will have to take selfies with the tricolour flag and post it on the portal set up for the purpose.

The Ministry of Culture has written to all the ministries to “encourage” their personnel to raise the flag at their homes and also to ensure the launch of an adequate outreach programme on various social media platforms.

The campaign was first launched last year as part of the mega celebration and commemoration of 75 years of India’s independence — Azadi Ka Amrit Mahotsav.

According to the culture ministry, the idea was to instill feelings of patriotism in citizens, recall the journey of India and those who have contributed to the creation of the nation.