Yoga becoming global soft power tool, key to preventive healthcare: Ayush secretary
Yoga is being recognized as a significant tool for cultural outreach and preventive healthcare, according to Ayush Ministry Secretary Vaidya Rajesh Kotecha. With its acceptance in over 190 countries, yoga is expected to play a larger role in promoting mental wellness and holistic living. The ministry is focusing on integrating yoga into healthcare systems and educational institutions to address lifestyle diseases and improve public health outcomes.
- ▪Yoga has emerged as a powerful instrument of cultural outreach and global soft power for India.
- ▪The Ayush Ministry is working to reposition healthcare from a treatment-based model to a prevention-focused approach, with yoga at its core.
- ▪A comprehensive 'Yoga Protocol for Non-Communicable Diseases and Target Groups' has been introduced, based on scientific evidence and clinical research.
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Yoga becoming global soft power tool, key to preventive healthcare: Ayush secretaryYoga becoming global soft power tool, key to preventive healthcare: Ayush secretaryPublished on: May 24, 2026 11:25 AM ISTPTIShare viaCopy link New Delhi, Yoga has emerged as one of India's most powerful instruments of cultural outreach and global soft power, while also becoming a central pillar of preventive healthcare in the fight against lifestyle diseases, Ayush Ministry Secretary Vaidya Rajesh Kotecha said.Yoga becoming global soft power tool, key to preventive healthcare: Ayush secretaryAhead of the International Day of Yoga on June 21, Kotecha told PTI in an exclusive interview that yoga is increasingly being recognised not merely as a traditional wellness practice, but as a scientifically supported…
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