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The Assam government has been transferring Rs. 1,000 as a monetary benefit to economically weak women every month under the Orunodoi scheme.
Key Takeaways
- This month, the government has decided to transfer Rs 1018 instead of Rs 1000, so the beneficiaries can buy the National Flag.
Assam Orunodoi Scheme
- It is a new scheme of the government of Assam, launched in 2020.
- Under the scheme, monetary benefits have been envisaged for more than 24 lakh poor households in the state.
- Women, the primary caretakers of the family, are kept as beneficiaries of the scheme.
- The scheme will provide financial assistance of Rs. 1000 per month through a Direct Benefit Transfer (DBT) scheme.
- The District Level Monitoring Committee may devise modalities for preparing the list of eligible beneficiaries.
National Flag.
- The National Flag of India was adopted in its present form during the meeting of the Constituent Assembly held on July 22, 1947.
- It is a horizontal tricolour of deep saffron (Kesari) at the top, white in the middle, and dark green at the bottom in equal proportion.
- The ratio of the flag’s width to its length is two to three.
- The white band’s centre is a navy blue wheel representing the chakra.
- Its design is that of the wheel on the abacus of the Sarnath Lion Capital of Ashoka.
- Its diameter approximates the width of the white band, and it has 24 spokes.
| Year | The History of the Indian National Flag |
| 1906 | The first national flag of India is said to have been hoisted on August 7th, 1906, in Kolkata at the Parsee Bagan Square (Green Park). |
| 1907 | In Germany, Madame Cama and her party of exiled revolutionaries hoisted the Indian flag. |
| 1917 | A new flag was adopted by Dr Annie Besant and Lokmanya Tilak as part of the Home Rule Movement. |
| 1931 | The tricolour was chosen as India’s national flag at a meeting of the Congress Committee in Karachi. |
| 1947 | On July 22, 1947, the Constituent Assembly approved the proposal on the national flag. |
- The flag’s colours:
- The top band is saffron in colour, indicating the strength and courage of the country.
- The white middle band indicates peace and truth with the Dharma Chakra.
- The last band is green, showing the land’s fertility, growth and auspiciousness.
- The Chakra:
- This Dharma Chakra depicts the “wheel of the law” in the Sarnath Lion Capital by the 3rd-century BC Mauryan Emperor Ashoka.
- The chakra intends to show life in movement and death in stagnation.
- Flag Code:
- On 26th January 2002, the Indian flag code was modified.
- The citizens were allowed to hoist the Indian flag over their homes, offices, and factories on any day, not just national holidays.
- Flag Code of India, 2002, has been divided into three parts:
- Part I of the Code contains a general description of the National Flag.
- Part II of the Code is devoted to the display of the National Flag by members of the public and private organisations, educational institutions, etc.
- Part III of the Code relates to the display of the National Flag by Central and State governments and their organisations and agencies.
Content Source: The Hindu