PM launches Fit India Movement; urges ‘New India should also be a Fit India’

A healthy Individual, a healthy family and a healthy society are the essentials to make New India a Fit India: PM

"Fitness is part of our historic legacy" : PM
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Thursday (August 29): On the occasion of National Sports Day (29 August), Prime Minister Narendra Modi has called for another flagship movement: the ‘Fit India Movement’.  He said, “Fit India Movement should become a national goal and its aspiration.” At the ceremony held in New Delhi, Mr. Modi paid tribute to the hockey icon Major Dyanchand.

PM said, “Success is related to fitness, success stories of all of our icons from any field of life have a common thread- most of them are fit, have a focus on fitness and are fond of fitness”. He further added, “Technology has reduced our physical ability and has robbed us of our daily fitness routines and today we are unaware of our traditional practices and lifestyle which could keep us fit. With time, fitness has been relegated a lower priority in our society. Earlier a person used to walk or cycle for kilometers; today mobile apps have to tell us how many steps we walked”.

“Fitness is not just a word but an essential pillar to a healthy and prosperous life. When we prepare our bodies for battle, we make the country strong as iron. Fitness is part of our historic legacy. Games and sports are played in every nook and corner of India. While working on the body they also train the mind, increasing focus and coordination of body parts. A healthy Individual, a healthy family and a healthy society are the essentials to make New India a Fit India.”, he said.

The August 29, on which the ‘National Sports Day’ is celebrated in India, is the birth anniversary of India’s hockey legend, Major Dhyanchand who won gold medals in Olympics for India in the years 1928, 1932 and 1936. He scored over 400 goals in his career, from 1926 to 1948.

 

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