India creates Ministry of Yoga

In a bid to promote happiness and healthy life in India, Prime Minister Narendra Modi who is an avid yoga fan created a ministry of yoga and alternative therapies for the country this week.

According to Reuters, the AAYUSH portfolio will include traditional medicines and practices of ayurveda, yoga, siddha. homeopathy and others. Shripad Yesso Naik was appointed to head the ministry.“This is our system and it has not received enough prominence. We will take it to the masses,” Naik said
The seventy-strong ministry will oversee a range of social programmes as well as organising religious pilgrimages for senior citizens.