ABOUT THE SCHEME: Police personnel in the country are the backbone of the social security and their role in maintenance of peace and guarding against the social evils is worth mentioning However, they have to come across several stressful situations and as a result they are more prone for stress related disorders besides the occupational related health problems.
Yoga is supposed to be the best stress buster. Also, there is a need to impart proper and good Yoga training facilities to the police personnel, so that they will be convinced to adopt the system of Yoga more and more as part of their lifestyle Therefore, the Department of AYUSH has contemplated a scheme to introduce Yoga to the police personnel of the country. Also, the lifestyle of the Police personnel is unhealthy because of their extended duty hours and unforeseen responsibilities
Yoga Training for Police Personnel focus to impart the yoga training to the police personnel at the district level.
OBJECTIVES:
1. To introduce Yoga training to the police personnel.
2. To increase awareness about health benefits of Yoga.
3. To promote the positive health of police personnel.
4. To manage the working stress of police personnel through yoga.
5. To bring an awareness among the police personnel towards the healthy lifestyle.
6. To improve their skill through yoga practices.
SALIENT FEATURES:
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- Financial Assistance: The financial assistance in the form of grant-in-aid under the scheme will be provided to each district police in the country through the respective State/UT governments.
- Monitoring Mechanism: State/UT governments where the project is implemented will be monitoring the project. For this purpose a monitoring Committee will be constituted consisting of the following members:
- Chairperson: Home Secretary of the State or his representative.
- G Police (Training) or his representative.
- One representative from the Department of AYUSH.
