Prime Minister Narendra Modi will attend the mega event to be held during the World Yoga Day on June 21.
Senior officials of Ministry of Information & Broadcasting and AYUSH on Wednesday held a meeting with representatives of the droadcasting industry and associated organisations. The meeting aimed at seeking their proactive participation in terms of content coverage and popularisation of the programmes.
Minister for AYUSH Shripad Naik will be coordinating the events on the occasion. The meeting was attended by several bodies represented by News Broadcasters’ Association (NBA), Indian Broadcasting Foundation (IBF), besides representatives from Digital Cinema and other industry owners to ensure enhanced coverage, content and reach across News, Digital, and Radio platforms. A detailed action plan has been drawn up for the events.
According to Naik, the PM is also likely to perform on the occasion of Yoga Day. He informed that the main programme on Rajpath was expected to be attended by around 40,000-50,000 people who will perform yoga.
The timing of the programme would be from 7 am to 7.35 pm and people across the country will do the same ‘asanas’ simultaneously.