Thursday, August 26, 2010

Haryana to appoint volunteers to impart yoga training in 119 blocks


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 by Haryananewswire (Balbir)
CHANDIGARH, AUG 26
The Haryana Sports Department has decided to appoint volunteers in all the 119 blocks to impart yoga training in order to give a major thrust to the teaching of Yoga in the state.
    While stating this today, the Minister of State for Home, Mr Gopal Kanda said that Yoga Training Camps were being organized at district level from August 23 to 27 throughout the state. The DPI and PTI of the Government Senior Secondary Schools and High Schools were being imparted yoga training in these camps. The volunteers to be appointed were also being provided training in these camps.  He said that the youth who would show interest in learning yoga would be appointed volunteers to teach the same to the youth and the school children in rural areas of Haryana. 
            He said that the process for their appointment had already begun. Each of these 119 volunteers would be given an honorarium of Rs 1000 per month. The yoga teachings would help the children built the physical and mental stamina. Besides becoming healthy, they would also be able to excel in their studies and in sports. He said that yoga teachers had been sent from headquarter at Chandigarh   to impart yoga training in the camps.

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