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Central Govt. Plans to Rope in Its Staff On Sunday for a Grand International Yoga Day

[New Delhi]Central Govt Plans to Rope in Its Staff On Sunday for a Grand International Yoga DayIt May Be New Record For Guinness Book of World Records This holistic approach to a healthy mind+ body + spirit is set to air on June 21 on Discovery Channel Also
The Centre is considering involving its employees in the International Yoga Day celebrations on June 21, a Sunday, to make the event a grand success.
The employees may be asked to be part of the celebrations on the Rajpath in the national capital
Senior government officials said that the exact nature of their involvement will soon be worked out.
Prime Minister Narendra Modi is likely to lead the Yoga Day celebrations which will be attended by about 40,000 people,
The central government employees may be asked to join the Rajpath event or other such programmes in their respective offices here and elsewhere in the country. Govt has made it clear that their participation will not be mandatory,
There are about 48 lakh central government employees in the country.
The Personnel Ministry has been conducting Yoga classes for central government employees and their dependents over the last two months.
The sessions are being held on all days except Sundays and gazetted holidays at Grih Kalyan Kendra, Samaj Sadan in association with Morarji Desai National Institute of Yoga.
Modi had in his address to the UN General Assembly last year appealed to the international community to choose a day that could be observed as International Yoga Day. Following Modi’s strong pitch, the UN declared June 21 as International Yoga Day.
The government is contemplating to organise the Rajpath event on such a scale that it makes it to the Guinness Book of World Records for the largest number of people performing asanas at a time.
The International Yoga Day will be observed in over 250 cities in 190 countries and Indian missions have been asked to make arrangements for that.
The inspirational voyage into a widely popular discipline that embraces a holistic approach to a healthy mind, body and spirit is set to air on June 21 on Discovery Channel.
The hour-long-special programme titled ‘The story of Yoga’ aims to celebrate the first International Day of Yoga and takes viewers through a journey to rediscover the age old practice.
The show would be telecast in five languages including Hindi+English+Tamil+Telugu +Bangla and explores the evolution, mysticism, spiritualism and cultural ethos of yoga.
Source :Agencies