National flag to fly atop 207 feet mast in central universities:
Week 14-21 Feb,2016
● The national flag will fly atop a 207-ft tall flag mast on the campuses of all 46 Central Universities “prominently and proudly” to signify a “strong India”. A resolution to this effect was adopted at a meeting of their Vice Chancellors with HRD Minister Smriti Irani.
● The first of such flags will be hoisted on the restive JNU campus.
● At a central place in every university, the national flag will be flown prominently and proudly.
● The decision came in the midst of raging row over the arrest of JNU students union president Kanhaiya Kumar on
sedition charges for being present at an event on the campus where anti-India slogans were raised.
● At the meeting several important aspects related to higher education, including the implementation of 2012 UGC regulations by varsities for promoting equity and addressing grievances of Scheduled Caste and Schedule Tribe students were also discussed.