• The Centre has shortlisted five cities, Delhi, Shimla, Mysore, Ahmedabad and Ranchi to hold National Programme of the International Yoga Day this year.
• It will be the government’s first mega public event after Mr Narendra Modi became Prime Minister for the second consecutive term.
• In the lead-up to the event, a two-day Yoga Mahotsav is being organized in Delhi by the Morarji Desai National Institute of Yoga which started.
• The International Yoga Day has turned into a mass movement in most parts of the world. Addressing a gathering of yoga enthusiasts, he said the event has become the biggest public health movement in the world.