Q. Recently which ministry has developed a Y-Break App to help professionals refresh, de-stress and refocuses?
a) Ministry of Agriculture & Farmers Welfare
b) Ministry of AYUSH
c) Ministry of Home Affairs
d) Ministry of Finance
ANSWER:- b)
RELATED FACTS:-
- The Ayush Ministry has developed a yoga protocol that can integrate with work routine seamlessly and effortlessly and help professionals refresh, de-stress and refocuses.
- The five-minute protocol encompassing asanas, Pranayama and Dhyana will be available through an app, which will be launched by Ayush Minister Sarbananda Sonowal on September 1st, 2021.
- The Morarji Desai National Institute of Yoga (MDNIY), an autonomous body under the Ayush Ministry, and several other reputed institutes such as Krishnamacharya Yoga Mandiram-Chennai, Ramakrishna Mission Vivekananda Educational and Research Institute-Belur Math, NIMHANS-Bengaluru and the Kaivalyadhama Health and Yoga Research Centre-Lonavla have played a prominent role in developing this app, called ‘Y-Break’.
- It will be available on both iOS and Android platforms.
- Need for such App:-
- Continuous sitting for long hours and occupational hazards of sedentary work life have significantly changed the working habits of professionals, leading them into the trap of stress.
- It not only affects their physical health but mental wellbeing as well.
- It has been observed that corporate professionals often experience stress which negatively impacts their work productivity.
- The five-minute protocol intends to introduce people at the workplace to yoga.
- It promotes the idea of a break of five minutes from the work schedule to practice yoga to refresh, de-stress and re-focuses.
- About MDNIY:-
- Dr. Ishwar Basavaraddi is the Director of Morarji Desai National Institute of Yoga,
- Ministry of AYUSH, Government of India, New Delhi for the last 16 Years.
- He is the Head of Institute, Yoga Certification Board, Ministry of AYUSH, Governmentof India since 2018.
- It was established in 1998.
By – ABHISHEK KUMAR