NEW DELHI, INDIA, February 18, 2016 (Economic Times): Having generated vast global attention for the first International Day of Yoga in 2015, the Modi government is pulling out all stops to ensure that the next edition is equally impressive. Coming up in this June, is an even longer one-hour yoga protocol, advanced yoga retreats for foreigners in scenic locations in India and a mass yoga demonstration in one of the BJP-ruled states.
A high-level committee headed by Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s Yoga guru Dr. H.R. Nagendra–Vice chancellor of the Swami Vivekananda Yoga Anusandhana Samsthana (S-VYASA), has been holding rounds of meetings with top officials across ministries to plan the next yoga day with considerable fanfare. It took a range of decisions in its most recent meeting held on 8th February, 2016.