Yoga for CAPF Personnel
Instructions have been issued to CAPFs vide UO No. MHA/Yoga/Pers-Coord/2015/1253-69 dated 26.05.2015 to incorporate Yoga as part of daily physical exercise in various field establishments and submit compliance accordingly. CAPFs have submitted compliance to this effect.
It would be appropriate to incorporate Yoga as a part of daily routine of paramilitary personnel. This will also help the paramilitary personnel to beat their stress, if any, and keep them physically as well as mentally better off.
This was stated by the Minister of State for Home Affairs, Shri Kiren Rijiju in a written reply to a question by Shri Ashok Shankarrao Chavan and Shri Jose K. Mani in the Lok Sabha.