Union Ministers Meet to Discuss Upcoming International Day of Yoga

GG News Bureau

New Delhi, 28th March. The inter-ministerial meeting to discuss the celebration of International Day of Yoga (IDY)- 2023 was held at New Delhi on Monday.

Several Union Ministers attended the meeting and gave suggestions regarding increasing the outreach, pooling up of resources to reflect the whole government approach and to put in joint efforts in mission mode to take IDY-2023 to greater heights.

Speaking on the occasion, the Minister of Ayush and Ports, Shipping & Waterways Sarbananda Sonowal said that International Day of Yoga has already become an international event and every year Ministry of Ayush, in collaboration with other central ministries and Yoga stakeholder institutions, organizes International Day of Yoga at Global scale with a view to maximizing public involvement and participation.

He further emphasized that with the active support of various ministries and the stakeholder organizations, the IDY 2023 is sure to reach every nook and corner of India and to all nations of the world.

Minister of Rural Development and Panchayati Raj Giriraj Singh, Minister of Labour and Employment Bhupendra Yadav, Minister of Tourism, Culture and DoNER G. Krishna Reddy, Minister of Law and Justice Kiren Rijiju, Minister of Fisheries, Animal Husbandry and Dairying PurshottamRupala, Minister of Social Justice and Empowerment Vierndra Kumar, Minister of state for Ministry of Earth Science, Science and Technology Jitendra Singh, Minister of State for Ayush & WCD Dr. Munjpara Mahendra bhai, Minister of State of Health and Family Welfare Dr. Bharti Panwar, Minister of State for Social Justice and Empowerment Krishna Pal Gurjar, Minister of State for Defence Ajay Bhatt, Minister of State for Ministry of Home affairs Ajay Mishra, Minister of State for Ministry of Finance Bhagwat Karad along with senior officials of Ministry of Ayush and other ministries were present in the meeting.

Secretary Ayush Vaidya Rajesh Kotecha and Special Secretary joint secretary, Ayush Kavita Gargappraised Ministers about the preparation so far and outlined IDY objectives, initiatives, and achievements of various IDY’s.

The presentation from the Ministry of Ayush also included suggested activities for IDY 2023.

Secretary MoEFCC Leena Nandan, Secretary Sports Sujata Chaturvedi, Secretary Youth affairs MeetaRajivlochan, Secretary Rural Development Shailesh Kumar Singh, Secretary Labour and Employment Arti Ahuja, Secretary Textile Rachna Shah along with other senior officials from various ministries were also present.

The Ministry of Ayush has successfully organized various IDY’s since 2015.

The key objective behind IDY celebration is branding India Globally as well as creating awareness about physical-mental fitness etc.

The IDY resolution of the United Nations General Assembly in December 2014 came at the initiative of the Prime Minister Shri Narendra Modi and was passed by unanimous consent, which was a record. Since 2015, the IDY has evolved into a mass movement for health, around the world.