India’s Flag Makers: Painting the Country in Tricolour at Minimum Wage

India’s Flag Makers: Painting the Country in Tricolour at Minimum Wage
Printed Ashoka Chakras being put in the curing machine for color fixing at Karnataka’s Khadi Federation in Hubballi. (Photographer: Vishal Patel/BloombergQuint)

Tucked away in Hubli, Karnataka, a group of 79 workers spend their days giving India its tricolour.

The Karnataka based Khadi Gramodyoga Samyukta Sangh is the only authorised flag maker in the country. It produces around 18,000 flags every year, making a revenue of Rs 1.5 crore.

BloombergQuint visits Hubli to meet India's flag makers.

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