Prime Minister’s Yoga Awards 2022

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Prime Minister’s Yoga Awards 2022- Relevance for UPSC Exam

GS Paper 2: Governance, Administration and Challenges– Government policies and interventions for development in various sectors and issues arising out of their design and implementation.

Recently, the Ministry of Ayush has invited nominations for Prime Minister’s Yoga Awards 2022. The winners will be announced on the International Day of Yoga on 21^stJune, 2022.

The application process for awards for the year 2022 is currently being hosted on the MyGov platform (https://innovateindia.mygov.in/pm-yoga-awards-2022/).
The applications/nominations can be submitted only through online mode and no hardcopy is to be sent.
Interested individuals and institutions can access the PMYA page at https://innovateindia.mygov.in/pm-yoga-awards-2022/ to understand the nominations process and participate.
The applicant can directly apply or they may be nominated by a prominent person or organization working in the field of Yoga for consideration under this award process.

It consists of two National categories for entities of Indian origin, and two International categories for entities of foreign origin.
The applicants/nominees for these awards should have made exceptional contributions to Yoga, and have a deep understanding of Yoga.
An applicant can nominate/can be nominated for only one award category, that is, either the National Award or the International Award, in a particular year.

प्रधानमंत्री योग पुरस्कार 2022

The selection process is a well-defined process for which two committees are constituted by the Ministry of AYUSH (MoA), Government of India (GoI), namely-
- The Screening Committee and
- The Evaluation Committee (Jury).
The above committees will decide the selection and evaluation criteria for finalizing the recipients of the awards.
The Evaluation Committee (Jury) is chaired by the Cabinet secretary.

International Yoga Day: United Nations proclaimed 21 June as the International Day of Yoga by resolution 69/131 in the year 2014.
The message of Yoga in promoting both the physical and mental well-being of humanity has never been more relevant than during COVID-19 pandemic.
- The communities around the world have embraced Yoga to stay healthy and rejuvenate themselves.

International Day of Yoga 2022 countdown campaign: It commenced on 13 March 2022.
- The 100 days countdown is focused on 100 cities involving 100 organizations till 21st June 2022.
Key Activities Planned:
- To celebrate Azadi ka Amrit Mahotsav, a demonstration of Yoga will be at 75 Heritage Heritage/Iconic cultural sites on 21st June 2022.
- Other programs include Yoga demonstrations, workshops, and seminars to be held during the countdown.
The Ministry will propagate the benefits of Yoga using the WHO mYoga App, Namastey App, Y-break Application and various people-centric activities and programmes.
The activities will be launched on MyGov platform including Photo contest, quiz, discussion, pledge, poll survey, jingle, etc.