A petition has been filed before the Supreme Court seeking directions to the Ministry of AYUSH to develop standard Yoga protocol to enhance COVID resistance, in addition to customized Yoga Protocols to control most common diseases like diabetes, fever, infections and cardiovascular, respiratory and digestive diseases.
The Petition is filed by BJP Spokesperson and Advocate Ashwini Kumar Upadhyay describing the benefits of Yoga said, “Yoga is a science that connects mon-body through body postures, controlled breathing & meditation. It develops scientific temper, humanism and spirt of enquiry & reform.”
The petitioner has highlighted the need for this Yoga Protocol and said, “the injury caused to the public is very large because COVID pandemic is spreading rapidly and no vaccine or medicine has been discovered till date. Experts say that regular Yoga can protect people from COVID but AYUSH Ministry has failed to develop a standard Yoga Protocol to resist COVID.”
The petitioner has thus prayed, Keeping in view the alarming cases of COVID pandemic, to the Apex Court to issue a writ/order/direction or writ in the nature of mandamus to:
a) direct the Ministry of AYUSH to develop standard Yoga protocol to enhance COVID resistance, in addition to customized Yoga Protocols to control most common diseases like diabetes, fever, infections and cardiovascular, respiratory and digestive diseases;
b) direct the ministry of information and broadcasting to take steps to broadcast COVID Yoga protocols as well as other customized Yoga Protocols in order to strengthen body immune system and overall development of mind and body, morning and evening everyday;
c) direct the ministry of HRD to develop a standard textbooks on ‘Environment, Health and Yoga Science’ for students of I-VIII standard and make its study compulsory throughout the Country;
d) direct the ministry of AYUSH to frame a ‘National Yoga Policy’ to promote and propagate Yoga Science in order to make people fully aware about health-hazards, health-hygiene and health safety.
Read the petition here;
COVID-Yoga-Protocol-India Legal Bureau