Fundamental Rights, Fundamental Duties and Directive Principles of State Policy — Social Science STD 9 — Question

Various Fundamental Duties were incorporated by Constitution Amendment in 1976.
Among the Fundamental Duties of each citizen is to abide by the Constitution and respect its ideals and institutions, the National Anthem and the National Flag.
Thus, the National flag and the National anthem cannot be disregarded, and violation of this is a punishable offence.