Lok Sabha Question No. 2136 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2020-09-23
Subject: Establishment of Yoga Parks
Ministry: AYURVEDA,YOGA & NATUROPATHY,UNANI,SIDDHA AND HOMEOPATHY (AYUSH)
Asked by: Locket Chatterjee

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF AYURVEDA, YOGA & NATUROPATHY, UNANI, SIDDHA AND HOMOEOPATHY (AYUSH)

LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 2136 TO BE ANSWERED ON 23 RD SEPTEMBER, 2020

## ESTABLISHMENT OF YOG

## 2136. MS. LOCKET CHATTERJEE:

Will  the  Minister  of AYURVEDA,  YOGA  AND NATUROPATHY,  UNANI, SIDDHA AND HOMOEOPATHY (AYUSH) be pleased to state:

- (a) whether the Government has set up 100 Yoga Parks across the country;
- (b) if so, the details thereof, State/UT - wise, districtwise; and
- (c) the objectives of setting up these yoga Parks and activities undertaken thereunder?

## ANSWER THE MINISTER OF HEALTH AND FAMILY WELFARE (DR. HARSH VARDHAN)

- (a): The Central Council for Research in Yoga & Naturopathy (CCRYN) an autonomous body under the Ministry of AYUSH had implemented a scheme of financial assistance to set up Yoga Parks in different parts of the country in the year 2017 - 18.
- (b): The State/UT - wise, district - wise list of Yoga Parks is as under:

|   S. No. | State             | District                                                                 |
|----------|-------------------|--------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|        1 | Tamilnadu         | Krishnagiri, Madurai                                                     |
|        2 | Telangana         | Khammam, Mancherial                                                      |
|        3 | Karnataka         | Kalaburgi                                                                |
|        4 | Jharkhand         | Ranchi, Lohardaga, Daltanganj, Gumla, Khunti, Simdega, Deogarh and Dumka |
|        5 | Madhya Pradesh    | Shajapur, Datia, Bhind, Devas                                            |
|        6 | Himanchal Pradesh | Shimla                                                                   |
|        7 | Rajasthan         | Shri Ganga Nagar                                                         |
|        8 | Jammu & Kashmir   | Jammu                                                                    |
|        9 | Odisha            | Dhenkarai, Khannagar, Puri                                               |
|       10 | Manipur           | Imphal West                                                              |
|       11 | U.P               | Gonda, Farukhabad, Itawah, Shravasti, Jhansi                             |
|       12 | Bihar             | Gaya, Arwal, Lakhisarai, Nawada, Begusarai                               |
|       13 | Andhra Pradesh    | Kurnool                                                                  |
|       14 | Assam             | Guwahati                                                                 |
|       15 | Punjab            | Hoshiyarpur                                                              |

A PARKS

(c):The  aim  of  the  scheme  was  to  set  up  Yoga  Parks  to  conduct  regular  Yoga  traini programme  for  the  general  public  and  to  manage  the  park  as  well  as  the  Yoga  activ throughout the year. The specific objectives were:

- i. To create widespread awareness about Yoga among the general public.
2. ii.To create lasting infrastructure for Yoga training in every locality and to m such facilities.
- iii. To promote adoption of Yoga for physical, mental, and emotional health benefit

The activities undertaken by the organization supported to set up the Yoga parks as under:

- i. The Organisa t i on shal l id ent i f y a pr om i nent publ i c pla ce and desi gnate itas Y O G A PA R K w itht he consent of loc al Panchayat ,M unic i pal i tyetc. aut hor i ti es and conductY oga acti vities.
2. ii.To s et up t he Y oga Park as per t he speci f ica t i ons.
- iii. Conduct of Y oga class es pr ef er ably both in t he mo rningand eveninghours.
- iv. The cl ass es shall be heldatle ast6 m ont hs i n a year.
- v. The O r ganisa t i on ma y ta r gettotrain m inimum 100 peopleeverym ont h.
- vi. The ma in cont ent of t he trai ni ng programme  would  be  Common Y oga prot ocol( C Y P).
7. vii.To  under t ake ot her promot io nal acti vities l i ke: Free consult at i on to publ i c, D i str i buti on ofI EC m at er ial, Saleofbookson Y oga and H ealth etc.

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