Jammu, July 11 -- The Ministry of Home Affairs (MHA) has issued fresh directions to all States, Union Territories and Central Government Ministries, reiterating the mandatory protocol governing the singing and playing of the National Anthem and the National Song, and calling for strict compliance with the existing guidelines at all official functions.
In an official communication, the Ministry circulated copies of the government's standing orders on the National Anthem and the National Song to Chief Secretaries of States, Administrators of Union Territories, and Secretaries of Central Ministries for immediate implementation.
According to the MHA, the existing orders clearly lay down the occasions on which the National Anthem and the Natio...