In order to thwart stress related disorders and occupation related health problems among the police personnel, Jharkhand Police, on the guidelines of the Union Ministry of Home Affairs, is preparing to rope in trained yoga instructors to make them physically fit and mentally tough.
Though, the initiative was taken by the Central Government, the proposal has been lauded by the police officials who believed that it will bring in positive changes in the day to day behavior of the police personnel.
“This is basically a scheme of the Central Government, from where a proposal has been received to depute two yoga teachers in each of the districts on part time or full time basis, funding for which will be done by the centre,” said IG (Training) Prashant Singh. A remuneration of Rs13,500 to part time instructors while Rs27,000 will be paid to the full time yoga instructors, added Singh.
It is a common perception that the Policemen have to undergo through several stress related disorders besides the occupation related health problems, yoga being the best stress buster, there needs to impart proper and good yoga training to the police personnel so that they could be convinced to adopt the system of yoga and make it as a part of their lifestyle.
“The motive behind the initiative is to keep the policemen physically and mentally fit through stress management to keep them out from the reach of high blood pressure and diabetes,” the IG said.
Officials on the ground, responsible to imparting training to the police personnel have also lauded the proposal as they believed that yoga definitely will help the policemen in reducing their stress level to a certain extent.
“The purpose of the programme is to make the police personnel get rid of the mental stress received during their duty hour. Yoga definitely will drag them out of it, giving them mental peace of which a policeman is generally devoid of,” said Sergeant Major at New Police lines in Ranchi TK Tigga.
“Moreover, personnel will also be able to keep control on their anger through yoga. Since practice of yoga enables a person to be patient and making them fresh for long hours, it will also help the policemen to shed their irate image who are ready to get into disputes all the time,” added the official.
The state police headquarters has demanded the requisites from the various police lines across the state so that proper planning could be done in this regard. “We have been asked to submit a report after identifying proper place for the yoga classes, availability of space for the classes, total expenditure on training during the year as well as the funds required for establishing infrastructure required for the same.
Yoga instructors will be engaged only through outsourcing and no right of claim will be entertained for their regularization. The training schedule for the yoga classes — ‘Central Sector Scheme of Yoga Training for Police Personnel’ has been formulated by the Ministry of Ayush to promote healthy lifestyle and energy to improve their skills through yogic practices.