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A radical of like-minded radical successful collaboration with the Karnataka Khadi Gramodaya Samyukta Sangh (KKGSS), Hubballi, person launched an consciousness run to beforehand the usage of Khadi nationalist flags and to support BIS approved nationalist flag-making units.
Addressing presspersons successful Hubballi connected Monday, convenor of the run Santosh Nargund said that the run is aimed astatine creating nationalist consciousness astir provisions of the National Flag Code and to beforehand the usage of lone nationalist flags made of khadi.
Mr. Nargund pointed retired that portion Section 1.2 of the modified Flag Code permits the manufacture of polyester flags, Section 3.4 mandates that lone BIS-approved flags should beryllium utilized successful institutions.
He said that KKGSS units presently clasp the BIS support for khadi flags and warned that granting BIS certification to polyester flags, which the authorities is reportedly readying to do, volition harm the situation and endanger the livelihoods of accepted women artisans engaged successful khadi production.
In the aftermath of a diminution successful request of khadi flags owed to support to usage polyester flags, the radical has travel up with short-term and semipermanent plans to code the issue.
“The short-term program focuses connected creating consciousness connected hoisting lone BIS-approved khadi emblem for the upcoming Republic Day, portion the semipermanent program is to marque efforts to modernise the manufacturing units and merchantability done e-commerce and beforehand them arsenic practice sites,” helium said.
He said that they volition impulse the Union authorities to retreat the amendment to Section 1.2 of the Flag Code of India permitting machine-made and polyester flags and asked the State authorities to mandate that institutions indispensable usage lone BIS-certified nationalist flags and initiate peculiar programmes to modernise khadi flag-making units successful Hubballi and different places successful the State.
Chairman of KKGSS K.V. Pattar urged the State authorities to instantly merchandise pending MDA and incentives amounting to ₹130 crore to beryllium paid to astir 50,000 weavers and artisans, including ₹2.70 crore owed to the Karnataka Khadi Gramodaya Samyukta Sangh.
The sangh volition besides impulse the State authorities to marque khadi attire mandatory 1 time a week successful authorities offices and acquisition institutions to prolong khadi-based livelihoods, helium said.
Lingraj Dharwardshettar, Sham Nargund and KKGSS caput Shivanand Matapathi were present.
Later successful the day, the radical members led by Mr. Nargund and Mr. Pattar met the Deputy Commissioner Divya Prabhu G.R.J. and submitted a memorandum addressed to the Prime Minister and the Chief Minister.
