NEW DELHI, INDIA, March 20, 2015 (NDTV): “The Department of Personnel and Training (DoPT) is organising regular yoga training sessions from April 1, 2015, for the benefit of central government employees and their dependents,” an official order issued today said. The sessions will be held all days except Sundays or gazetted holidays at Grih Kalyan Kendra, Samaj Sadan in association with Morarji Desai National Institute of Yoga in Delhi. No registration or training fees will be charged. There are about 3.1 million central government employees working across the country.
The central government has been emphasizing on popularizing use of traditional medicine and yoga among others. Prime Minister Narendra Modi had last year in his speech at the United Nations appealed to the international community to adopt an International Yoga Day. Last December, UN General Assembly declared June 21 as International Yoga Day.