On Thursday, February 18, the Ministry of Human Resources Development announced every central government-run university must have a giant tricolour on campus. It even specified the dimensions: a 207-feet high mast that must weigh 135 kg. However, no one at that point of time brought up the matter of who would fund these flags. The dimensions given by the HRD are very similar to those of the monumental flags which have been installed at Connaught Place (CP) in Delhi, Kaithal in Haryana and Jaipur in Rajasthan, all by the Flag Foundation of India. The foundation was set up by MP Naveen Jindal in June 2002 and has installed more than 50 giant flags across India. In a recent interview to the Economic Times, the CEO of the foundation, Commander (retd) KV Singh, said that it costs Rs 40-45 lakh to install a flag that is 200 feet high or so and it costs about Rs 65,000 to maintain it.