Union Ministry of Youth Affairs and Sports recognised Yoga as sports discipline. It was placed under priority category.
Advantages of Recognition
- It will encourage the practice of yoga across the country especially among the youth.
- Due to the recognition, the practitioners will benefit in the form of funding and other administrative assistance for its development.
About Yoga
- Yoga is an Indian physical, mental, and spiritual practice or discipline.
- Yoga was mentioned in the Yoga Sutras of Patanjali, the author of the grammatical Mahabhasya.
- On 21 June 2015, first International Day of Yoga was observed globally lead by India
