There will be no public holiday and yoga will be voluntary for Central government employees on Tuesday, when the country observes the second International Yoga Day. “There will be no holiday and all government offices will remain open tomorrow,” a senior official in the Department of Personnel and Training (DoPT) said. He said the Centre had not made it mandatory for the employees to take part in yoga. “It is voluntary. Necessary arrangements have been put in place to allow employees to attend yoga being organised across the country,” he said.
There are about 50 lakh Central government employees. Over one lakh events have been planned across the country on second International Yoga Day. Of these, 10 regional-level mega events will be hosted in Varanasi, Imphal, Jammu, Shimla, Vadodara, Lucknow, Bengaluru, Vijayawada, Bhubaneshwar and Hoshiarpur. The main programme will be held in Chandigarh, which will be attended by PM Narendra Modi.