SURAJKUND: All central universities will fly the national flag on a 207 feet high mast at a prominent place on their campuses, HRD ministry said today, a move that comes in the backdrop of the massive controversy over alleged anti-India protests in JNU.
Officials said that a “unanimous” decision to this effect was taken at a meeting of Vice Chancellors in Surajkund, which has been called by Human Resource Development Ministry led by Smriti Irani.
“A proposal had come on raising the national flag on University campuses which was accepted at the meeting,” a senior HRD ministry official said.
The resolution is applicable to JNU too as it is a central university, the officials said.
Sources said that the move has been taken to instill a “sense of unity and integrity” among students in institutions of higher education. (AGENCIES0
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