Chandigarh, December 23: Haryana Government has decided to rename the Haryana Yog Council as Haryana Yog Aayog to promote awareness, dissemination, and education in yoga so that it can become a part of life from childhood. A decision to this effect was taken in the meeting of the State Cabinet held under the Chairmanship of Chief Minister, Mr. Manohar Lal here today.
The main objective of Yog Aayog is to familiarise every citizen of the State with a healthy lifestyle and to encourage them to practice Yoga every day by making it an integral part of their life for the overall development of their personalities. Besides this, Yog Aayog would ensure the participation of the youth of the State in competitive events like the Yog Olympiad so that they can display their skills at the national and international level and bring glory to the State.
For achieving this objective, the Yog Aayog would take all necessary measures to promote Yoga at the village, block, and district level by dissemination/publicizing information pertaining to Yoga.