CHANDIGARH, JUNE 16: The Punjab Government has decided to organize state level functions to mark the International Day of Yoga on June 21, 2015 at Amritsar and Fazilka from 7.00 to 7.35 AM.
Disclosing this here today, a spokesperson of the Chief Minister’s office said that the Union Minister of Food Processing Mrs. Harsimrat Kaur Badal and Punjab Health Minister Mr. Surjit Kumar Jayani would preside over these functions at Amritsar and Fazilka respectively.
Meanwhile, the state government has issued instructions to all the Deputy Commissioners in the state to organize such functions at district, sub-division and block level in their respective districts to celebrate the International Day of Yoga on June 21, 2015 from 7.00 to 7.35 AM.
The State Chief Secretary Mr. Sarvesh Kaushal further asked the Deputy Commissioners to hold these functions in association with local officers of departments of Sports & Youth Services, School Education, Health & Family Welfare and Rural Development & Panchayats.
Likewise, the state government has also issued instructions to all the Heads of Departments to elicit the participation of all the officers/officials stationed at headquarters in the International Day of Yoga at Sports Complex, Sector-78, Mohali.