Modi government is readying a trained Yoga Army to meet global 'demand'

The Modi government has certified 734 Yoga trainers since 2015 with many deployed abroad

The Voluntary Certification of Yoga Professionals introduced on June 22, 2015 – the first World Yoga Day after the UN announced one – has started producing the ancient art’s first-ever government approved practitioners at a steady pace. In November 2016, Union State Minister of AYUSH Yesso Naik had informed the Lok Sabha that the government had certified 734 yoga professionals in 17 months.

That’s 43 government certified Yoga trainers every month. There were 35 Yoga teachers deployed abroad attached to respective Indian embassies. The AYUSH (Ayurveda, Yoga and Naturopathy, Unani, Siddha and Homoeopathy) ministry even sent a Yoga troupe to