Standardisation of yoga
▪ World Health Organization (WHO) in collaboration with India, is working to bring in
standardisation of training practices in yoga to ensure that it serves as a preventive, promotive,
and rehabilitative intervention.
▪ The autonomous institute under the Union Ayush Ministry is the nodal centre for the programme.
▪ The standardisation is aimed at creating guidelines for yoga practice, training, and application;
defining global benchmarks for professional competency and knowledge: and ensuring diverse
ledge; and ensuring diverse traditions of yoga can coexist under uniform quality standards.
‘Digi Kerala’
▪ ‘Digi Kerala’ digital literacy programme, a grass-root level intervention across all local selfgovernment bodies with an aim to bridge the digital divide.
▪ According to the Local Self Government Department, a total of 21.87 lakh people who were
identified as “digitally illiterate” in a ground-level survey had successfully completed the training
programme as well as cleared the evaluation.
