Prime Minister Narendra Modi chaired a high-level meeting here on Thursday to review the preparation of International Yoga Day.
The meeting was attended by Foreign Secretary S. Jaishankar, Principal Secretary Nripendra Misra and other top officials.
The 69th Session of the United Nations General Assembly (UNGA) has adopted and declared June 21 as the International Day of Yoga.
The main significance of the UN declaring an International Day is to focus the attention of the international community on the topic of the day, and to encourage activities among the member states of the United Nations to commemorate the day.