Ensure Broadcast of COVID yoga protocols daily: Demand in SC
The plea contended that the right to health is an integral part of the right to life guaranteed under the Constitution's Article 21, and it includes protection, prevention, cure and improvement of health and is a minimum requirement to enable a person to live with human dignity.;
New Delhi - A plea has been moved in the Supreme Court seeking direction for the Ministry of Information and Broadcasting to take steps to broadcast ''Covid yoga protocols'' as well as other customized yoga protocols every morning and evening in order to strengthen the body''s immune system and overall development of mind and body.
The plea, filed by BJP leader Ashwini Upadhyay, also sought a direction to the Ministry of AYUSH to develop a standard yoga protocol to enhance Covid resistance, in addition to customized yoga protocols to control most common diseases like diabetes, fever, infections and cardiovascular, respiratory and digestive diseases.
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The petitioner sought direction for the Ministry of Human Resources to develop a standard textbook on "Environment, Health and Yoga Science" for students of classes 1 to 8 and make its study compulsory throughout the country. The petitioner claimed that yoga is a scientific, universal method, a tradition, a culture of self-discipline, self-realization & self-revelation. It is not a ritualistic procedure or a sectarian bunch of knowledge, but rather a medical and life science.
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