Naidu Calls for making sports and Yoga mandatory in schools

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New Delhi : The Vice President of India M Venkaiah Naidu on March 6, 2020, said that India is on move and every stakeholder should contribute towards the progress of the nation. Speaking at the The Hindu BusinessLine Change maker Awards 2020 in New Delhi, he said that India is on path to become the world’s third largest economy, but he cautioned, this task should not be left to the governments alone. “Each one of us should contribute to this,”Naidu said.

Naidu further stated that change was happening everywhere, but it should be ensured that the benefits of this change reach the last person and it uplifts the lives of the poor and the downtrodden. Citing the great changemakers of the history like Chanakya, Buddha, Adi Shankaracharya, Basavewara, Narayana Guru, Swami Vivekananda, Guru Nanak, Mahatma Gandhi, and Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel, the Vice President said that we should draw inspiration from their lives, according to a PIB release.

Naidu called the government as one of the most impactful Changemakers and said that it has the capacity to bring about change on a mass scale. Elaborating further, he cited the government’s initiatives such as distribution of LPG connections under Ujjwala Yojana and building of toilets under Swachh Bharat Mission that have brought positive changes in the women’s lives.

Expressing happiness over Arunachalam Muruganandam being conferred the Iconic Changemaker Award, the Vice President said his work transformed social attitudes to female hygiene. He lauded Arunachalam for inventing, despite several odds, a simple machine women can use to make cheap sanitary pads. “His work has saved many a women from the agony of reproductive diseases caused by poor menstrual hygiene,” he added.

Praising Pradeep Mewada, one of the winners of ‘The Young Changemaker Award’, the Vice President said that he along with his band of boys has used innovative ways to bring a stop to open defecation in villages.

Naidu also appreciated the Young Changemakers Rashid, Nikhil, Arun, and Vimal of Genrobotics for inventing a cheap robot to replace manual scavenging. As young professionals, your commitment to use technology for the social good is worth emulation by others, he said.

Congratulating the iconic woman athlete Dutee Chand for getting the Changemaker of the Year award, he appealed to all sportspersons to take ‘Fit India’ movement forward and inspire people to adopt a healthy lifestyle.

Expressing concern about the increasing number of non-communicable diseases in India, the Vice President stressed the need to make sports and Yoga mandatory in schools. He also emphasised the importance of eating healthy and proteinous food.