Lok Sabha Question No. 3925 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2021-03-19
Subject: Common Yoga Protocol Training
Ministry: AYURVEDA,YOGA & NATUROPATHY,UNANI,SIDDHA AND HOMEOPATHY (AYUSH)
Asked by: Dhanush M Kumar, Rebati Tripura, Arvind Ganpat Sawant, Gajanan Chandrakant Kirtikar, Vijay Kumar Dubey, C.N. Annadurai

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

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED  QUESTION NO. 3925 TO BE ANSWERED ON 19 TH March, 2021

## COMMON YOGA PROTOCOL TRAINING

## 3925. SHRI DHANUSH M. KUMAR:

SHRI REBATI TRIPURA:

SHRI ARVIND GANPAT SAWANT:

SHRI GAJANAN KIRTIKAR:

SHRI VIJAY KUMAR DUBEY:

SHRI C.N. ANNADURAI:

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

- (a)  whether the  Government  has  formulated  a Common  Yoga  Protocol  (CYP)  Training recently;
- (b) if so, the details thereof along with its aims and objectives;
- (c)  whether  the  training  would  include  safe  practices to  improve  the  physical,  mental, emotional, and spirit ualhealth and if so, the details thereof;
- (d)  whether  the  'Central  Council  for  Research  in Yoga and Naturopathy' conduct research and development  in  the  field  of  Yoga  and  Naturopathy  and if  so,  the  number  of  projects undertaken and the outcome thereof;
- (e) the funds provided to research institutes under Extra Mural Research scheme during each of the last three years State/UT - wise; and
- (f)  the  other  steps  taken  by  the  Government  to popularise  the  adoption  of  the  practice  of Yoga, both within the country and abroad?

## ANSWER

## THE MINISTER OF STATE (IC) OF THE MINISTRY OF YOUTH AFFAIRS AND SPORTS AND ADDITIONAL CHARGE OF MINISTER OF STATE (IC) OF THE MINISTRY OF AYURVEDA, YOGA & NATUROPATHY, UNANI, SIDDHA AND HOM OEOPATHY (SHRI KIREN RIJIJU)

(a) to (c): Yes. The Ministry of AYUSH through its autonomous body namely Morarji Desai  National  Institute  of  Yoga  (MDNIY),  New  Delhi  has  started  a  Yoga  Volunteer Training Programme on Common Yoga Protocol (CYP) from the 1 st ofFebruary, 2021.

The  program  divides  CYP  into  short  modules  viz.  appreciation,  introduction  a volunteer program on CYP allowing persons of varying capabilities to gradually learn adopt Yoga. It is a monthly training module and would be repeated ev e y month till month of June, 2021.

The objectives of this programme are as under:

- i. To increase mass awareness about the health benefits of Yoga.
- ii. To introduce basic well -being principles and practices to common people.
- iii. To promote positive health through Yoga
- iv. To propagate Yoga for preventive practice as an approach to holistic health
5. (d ): Yes,  the  Central  Council  for  Research  in  Yoga  and  Naturopathy  (CCRYN),  New Delhi  conducts  research  and  development  in  the  field  of  Yoga  and  Naturopathy.  List of research papers published by CCRYN in last 3 years is given at Annexure-I .
6. (e): In  the  Extra  Mural  Research  scheme  of  the  Ministry  of  AYUSH,  the  total  funds released to research institutes during the last three years is given Annexure -II.
7. (f): The Ministry of AYUSH takes up various activities for promotion of Yoga through its  three  autonomous  bodies  namely  Morarji  Desai  National  Institute  of  Yoga  (MDNIY) New Delhi, Central Council for Research in Yoga and Naturopathy (CCRYN), New Delhi and National In stitute of Naturopathy (NIN), Pune.

Further, Ministry of AYUSH has intensified its digital and online activities for Education and Training to the aspirants and practitioners of Yoga. In addition, the various steps are taken through autonomous bodi es for popularize the adoption of Yoga both within the country and abroad including the followings:

- i. Availability  of  sufficient  online  resources  on  the  digital  platforms  li he Yoga Portal and the social media handles i.e YouTube, Facebook, Twitter and Instagram to provide ample opportunities for the people to learn Yoga fr their homes.
- ii. A Year- long calendar has been created where various Yoga information is provided by various Leading Yoga Institutions.

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- iii. Indian Council for Cultural Relations ( ICCR) has been granted the status of Personnel Certification Body (PrCB) to promote and popularise adoption of Yoga abroad.
- iv. Further, every year IDY observation in the country is lead by Hon'ble Prime Minister  himself  and  millions  of  people  all  over  the  co untry  follow  CYP demonstrated by him.

Furthermore, online discourses on Yoga by prominent Yoga gurus and experts were organized  as  a  part  of  the  promotional  campaign  for  IDY  2020  and as  part  of  IDY observation for the year 2020, t he Ministry also organized the 'My Life, My Yoga (MLMY)' i.e.  the  Jeevan  Yoga  video  blogging  contest  with  attractive  prizes  for  the  winner runners - up  in  association  with  Indian  Council  for  Cultural  Relations  (ICCR)  in  whi contestants from 130 countries participated. For this theMinistry had activated all the Indian Missions and Posts abroad to promote and MLMY and Yoga at Home Yoga with Family actively. Prominent celebrities from the entertainment industry gave promotional mess on Yoga, encouraging the people to be activ e participants from their homes in the IDY .

## Annexure - I

## List of Research Papers published by CCRYN in last 5 years

|   S. No. | Title of the Paper                                                                                                                                                                      | Year of Publication          | Impact factor   |
|----------|-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|------------------------------|-----------------|
|        1 | Cardiovascular Risk Factors Assessment in Individuals Yoga andResiding in State of Delhi                                                                                                | Performing 2018              | 0.87            |
|        2 | Efficacy of a Validated Yoga Protocol on Dyslipidemia Patients                                                                                                                          | in Diabetes 2019             | 0.1             |
|        3 | Methodology for a Nationwide Diabetes Prevalence                                                                                                                                        | Estimate: 2019               | 0.44            |
|        4 | a Nationwide Multicentric Trial on the Effect of a Culturally Acceptable Lifestyle Intervention for Prevention of Diabetes:                                                             | Validated Primary 2019       | 0.44            |
|        5 | Diabetes Prevention through Yoga - Based Lifestyle: A Pan - India Randomized Controlled Trial                                                                                           | 2019                         | 6.73            |
|        6 | Distribution of Glycated Hemoglobin and its Determinants Indian Young Adults ,                                                                                                          | in 2019                      | 3.26            |
|        7 | Efficacy of a Validated Yoga Protocol on Dyslipidemia Patients: NMB - 2017 India Trial.                                                                                                 | in Diabetes 2019             | 0.1             |
|        8 | Partitioning of radiological, stress and biochemical - diabetic women subjected to Diabetic Yoga Protocol                                                                               | changes in 2019              | pre 1.94        |
|        9 | Narendra Modi's citizen centered Yoga - Diabetes Management Program: Will Indian State install Integrative Medicine Institutes?                                                         | in premier 2019              | 2.04            |
|       10 | Development and implementation of ZED - YOG quality module: NiyantritaMadhumehaBharataskill development initiatives                                                                     | 2019                         | 2.04            |
|       11 | Niyantrita Madhumeha Bharata 2017, methodology for nationwide diabetes prevalence estimate: Part 1.                                                                                     | a 2019                       | 0.44            |
|       12 | Methodology ofNiyantritaMadhumehaBharata Abhiyaan - 2017, a nationwide multicentric trial on the effect of a validated acceptable lifestyle intervention for primary prevention Part 2. | culturally of diabetes: 2019 | 0.44            |
|       13 | Knowledge, Attitude and Practice of Yoga in rural a d ban India: KAPY: A nationwide randomized cluster sample survey                                                                    | 2020                         | 0.1             |
|       14 | Perceived stress and depression in Pre Diabetics and among Indian population a call for mindfulness based intervention                                                                  | Diabetics 2020               | 3.4             |
|       15 | A composite of BMI & WC may be better obesity metric in with high risk of T2DM NMB 2017                                                                                                 | Indians 2020                 | 3.26            |
|       16 | A Nationwide Cluster Sample Survey                                                                                                                                                      | 2020                         | 0.1             |
|       17 | Effectiveness of yoga on arterial stiffness: A systematic                                                                                                                               | review. 2020                 | 1.97            |
|       18 | Intelligent gaze tracking approach for trail making test.                                                                                                                               | 2020                         | 1.85            |
|       19 | Effect of an integrated naturopathy and yoga program on - term glycemic control in type 2 diabetes mellitus patients: cohort study.                                                     | long A 2020                  | prospective     |

|   S.No. | Year     | Total f undsRelease d   |
|---------|----------|-------------------------|
|       1 | 2017- 18 | Rs.8, 43, 04, 242/ -    |
|       2 | 2018- 19 | Rs.5, 47, 23, 588/ -    |
|       3 | 2019- 20 | Rs.5, 21, 57, 666/ -    |

Annexure - II