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Centre spent ₹34 crore in 2 years for Yoga Day

Ministry of AYUSH reveals in RTI reply

July 05, 2017 01:29 am | Updated 01:29 am IST - New Delhi

Staff Reporter
NEW DWLHI, 21/06/2015: Prime Minister Narendra Modi leading mass yoga session along with other young participants as part of International Yoga Day at Rajpath, in New Delhi on June 21, 2015. Photo: Shanker Chakravarty

NEW DWLHI, 21/06/2015: Prime Minister Narendra Modi leading mass yoga session along with other young participants as part of International Yoga Day at Rajpath, in New Delhi on June 21, 2015. Photo: Shanker Chakravarty

The Ministry of AYUSH spent a total of ₹34.50 crore in organising International Yoga Day celebrations in 2015 and 2016, according to a Right To Information (RTI) reply furnished by the Ministry.

The expenditure information was provided by the Ministry to RTI activist Nutan Thakur.

2017 figures not in yet

Central Public Information Officer (CPIO) Banamali Naik said the Ministry spent ₹16.40 crore in 2015 and ₹18.10 crore in 2016.

He added that figures for 2017 are yet to be consolidated by the Ministry.

International Yoga Day is celebrated on June 21.

The RTI reply added that the total expenditure incurred by other departments on Yoga Day was not available.

The CPIO declined to provide a copy of the documents with regard to the expenses, stating that they were bulky and ran into hundreds of pages.

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