Scheme
for setting up of Gymnasium and augmentation / replacement of equipment of
existing Gymnasium in the Ministries/Departments
Dated.04-10-2015.
To,
Sh.Narendra Modi,
Hon`ble Prime Minister of India,
South Block,
New Delhi.
Sh.Sanjay Kothari.,
Secretary (Personnel),
Government of India,
Ministry of Personnel,
Public Grievances and Pensions,
Department of Personnel & Training,
Lok Nayak Bhawan, New Delhi.
Telephone Nos. : 011-23094848 / 23092056
Fax No.: 011-23094500
Email : Secy_mop@nic.in
Fax No.: 011-23094500
Email : Secy_mop@nic.in
Sh.Abhay Jain,
Under Secretary,
Government of India,
Ministry of Personnel,
Public Grievances and Pensions,
Department of Personnel & Training,
Lok Nayak Bhawan, New Delhi.
Subject:- Scheme for setting up of Gymnasium and augmentation
/ replacement of equipment of existing Gymnasium in the Ministries/Departments.
Sir,
Kindly
refer to the Office Memorandum No.145/1/2015-16/CCSCSB, dated. 30-09-2015 on
the above cited subject (displayed on the DOPT website given below).
In
this connection, I wish to state that the idea given in the OM for setting up
of Gymnasium in the Ministries/Departments AT THE DISCRETION OF MINISTRIES / DEPARTMENTS
is totally a HOLLOW ONE. Just requesting the Ministries / Departments to set up
these Gymnasiums will not work, with the amount of money which has been offered
to them for the purpose by the government.
Instead, the DOPT
should select simple standard exercise equipments for compulsory installations
in all the office premises of each Ministry/Departments and every office under
the Central Government for the use of all Central Government employees working
in these respective departments during the course of office hours and after
office hours in the evening.
The
simple standard exercise equipments selected for compulsory installations in
each Central Governments departments could be as follows:-
1. Stationary Exercise Cycles - 10-15
in No.`s.
2. Tread Mills - 5-10 in No.`s.
Thereafter, the DOPT should call for details of
installation points where these equipments should be installed by each office
on compulsory basis. Even, these
equipments should also be considered for installation in all the CGHS Wellness
centres located in Delhi and elsewhere, where the Government Servants could
easily use these exercise equipments easily in the morning and evening time.
Health Benefits of Cycling
IT IS ‘very
surprising that cycling causes the level of control of blood pressure. The more
you sweat the more light the feeling of your body will be felt. And one of the
most important things is that you help people diagnosed with cancer and
diabetes.
Health Benefits of Staionary
Cycling
Increased Fitness - Through cycling,
you will be able to increase your heart and lung fitness, as well as your
strength and stamina.
Weight Loss - The general
population of the India specially in the cities is becoming increasingly obese. Cycling is a
great way to help lose weight. You will burn fat as you cycle, which will help
you look and feel better.
Stress Reduction - Exercise in
general has been shown to decrease anxiety and stress levels, and bicycling is
a fun way to exercise. Keeping yourself out of traffic jams will also help in
reducing stress.
Heart Benefits -
Studies have shown that regular exercise, such as cycling, lowers your risk of
high blood pressure, heart attacks and strokes.
Lowered Risk of Other
Health Problems
- In addition to heart disease, regular exercise can also help you to avoid
other health problems such as non-insulin dependent diabetes, osteo arthritis
and osteoporosis. Exercise also relieves symptoms of depression and increases
your mental health.
Increased Life
Expectancy
- The end result of having better health through cycling is that you will live
a longer and happier life!
I hope you will look into the matter personally and
arrange for the two above cited simple standard exercise equipments compulsorily
installed in each of the Central Governments departments/offices and each of
the CGHS Wellness centres in Delhi and elsewhere for the benefit of all
Government Employees.
Yours faithfully,
RAJIV PATHAK
598, SECTOR-9,
R.K.PURAM, NEW DELHI.
OTHER
PUBLICATIONS IN THE NATIONAL DAILIES REGARDING THE SETTING UP OF GYMNASIUMS IN
CENTRAL GOVERNMENT OFFICES AS MENTIONED BELOW:-
PM Modi's Fitness Funda: Govt orders
ministries to open Gyms in every department
IndiaTV Politics Desk [ Updated 01 Oct 2015, 00:08:38 ]
New
Delhi: Narendra
Modi government today pass the order to set up gyms in every govt department to
ensure physical fitness of the ministers and employees.
According to the government, every ministry should keep aside
500 to 1000 square foot for the construction of Gym. Also, the govt.
ordered the ministries to equip the gym with state-of-the-art facilities.
Government will be allotting separate funds to the ministries
for the setting up of Gym. For a compact gym Rs 5 Lakh will be given while for
a vast-spread gym govt will provide Rs 10 Lakh each to the ministries.
In the
letter written to the departments, government has mentioned that govt.
employees suffer from both mental and physical pressure owing to continuous
work. Thus, by giving few minutes to gyming, they can get relived from the
stress and keep themselves physically fit.
Notably, the gyming culture is quite popular in foreign
countries but in India it is limited to only few of the private companies.
However, now with Modi govt. instructing the ministries to come up with gyms
will certainly change the scenario of fitness in government departments.
Prime Minister Narendra Modi is a fitness freak himself and his
love towards yoga is a world known fact. Now, his latest decision to open Gym
in govt ministries reflects his concern towards keeping the ministers and
employees physically fit.
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New Delhi: In a bid to spruce up the sedentary
lifestyle of ministers and babus and to ensure their physical fitness, the
union Government has passed an order to set up gymnasium in every Government
departments. Besides, government also wants officers to take up adventure
sports to foster risk taking habits among them.
‘Healthy employees are
happy employees’
In the letter written to all
the departments, the government has mentioned that employees suffer from both
mental and physical pressure owing to continuous work. Thus, by giving few
minutes to gyming, they can get relived from the stress and keep themselves
physically fit as healthy employees are happy employees.
Decision in wake of
alarming situation
Centre’s decision has come in
the wake of alarming situation of stress and impact of sedentary life on
government servants as several studies suggest. "Constant work stress and
frustration lowers productivity, absenteeism and sick leave’’, the scheme
reads.
"The workload of
government servants has increased manifold. Their sedentary behaviour can have
many detrimental effects," the scheme document on gymnasiums says.
Each gym to cost Rs 10
lakh
The government will set up
gymnasiums costing Rs 10 lakh in each of its central department.
According to the order every ministry should keep aside 500 to 1000
square feet for the construction of gymnasiums. Also, the government ordered
the ministries to equip the gym with state-of-the-art facilities. Government
will be allotting separate funds to the ministries for the same. For a compact
gymnasium Rs 5 Lakh will be given while for a vast-spread gym govt will provide
Rs 10 Lakh to each to the ministries.
Adventure sports for
officers
The government will also
introduce the scheme drawn up by the PM-headed Department of Personnel and
Training (DoPT) for promotion of adventure sports like rock-climbing, trekking,
paragliding, rafting and snorkelling.
Gym culture limited to
private companies in India
Notably, the gyming culture is
quite popular in foreign countries but in India it is limited to only few of
the private companies. However, now with Modi govt. instructing the ministries
to come up with gyms is likely to change the scenario of fitness in government
departments, provided officers take its advantage.
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IN A new initiative meant for improving physical fitness of the
government employees, the Centre on Wednesday rolled out a scheme to set up new
gymnasiums, and replace old equipment of the existing ones in all Central
government departments and ministries. As the DoPT in its office memorandum
(OM) dated September 30 said, constant work stress and frustration lower
productivity, and hence newly set-up gymnasiums are expected to...
decrease absenteeism and reduce usage of sick leaves,
something that will benefit both the employees and the ministries concerned.
“For women employees a separate time slot should be fixed for their exclusive
use and a woman instructor would need to be engaged”, the office memorandum
said. This sounds odd as most modern Gyms across cities and towns are designed
in such a way that men and women comfortably exercise simultaneously.
The carpet area of the proposed gymnasiums in the government ministries will be
of 500 square feet for an office of 500 employees and of 1000 square feet for
1000 employees. The government would extend Grants-in-Aid for setting up of new
Gyms or augmentation of infrastructure in existing ones by way of replacing old
equipment. The DoPT has further instructed that the place where the gymnasium
to be set up needs to be “clean, well lighted with adequate ventilation”.
“Fans/ACs for summer should also be installed. The place must also have clean
toilet and sanitation facility nearby. There should be adequate space for
moving around with the Gym. The safety norms including fire fighting should be
strictly adhered to”, the guideline for the setting up of the Gyms said.
Also, trained instructors will be appointed to guide the employees in the Gyms.
They will be paid from the budgetary allocations of the individual ministries.
The Gym facility will be allowed after the office hours too. The ministry or
the department will be allowed to charge a fee from the users to make it a
self-sustaining financial model.
As the background note of the new scheme said, this would increase productivity
of the employees. "Their (government employees') sedentary behaviour can
have many detrimental effects including an increased likelihood of developing
illnesses...Healthy employees are happy employees. A positive and energetic
work force collaborates better and is more appealing to customers, which means
investing in Gym will improve the functioning and image of an organization”,
the OM said.
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By Aman Sharma, ET
Bureau | 30 Sep, 2015, 09.27PM IST
NEW
DELHI: After Yoga, the Modi government now wants babus to indulge in
adventure sports like rock-climbing, jungle trekking, Para Gliding, rafting and
snorkelling so as to "create and foster spirit of risk-taking" and
tackle the "impact of sedentary life" on them. The government will
also set a gymnasium in each of its central department as "healthy
employees are happy employees".
This is part of two new schemes drawn up by the PM-headed Department of Personnel and Training (DoPT) for promotion of adventure sports and physical
fitness amongst central government employees -- all ministries were informed of
the same on Wednesday, stressing that such activity will improve efficiency and
morale. "The scheme would tackle the alarming situation of stress and
impact of sedentary life on government servants as highlighted in several
studies conducted so far. It would provide a creative outlet to central
government employees. It would create and foster spirit of risk-taking,
cooperative team work, capacity of readiness and vital response to challenging
situation and of endurance," the scheme on promoting adventure sports
reads.
The government will also spend up to Rs 10 lakh on each central government
department to set up a gymnasium which employees can use after work hours
"to improve their health and well-being" which can have a
"significant impact such a increased productivity," the other scheme
says. "Constant work stress and frustration can lower productivity, so
giving employees a convenient means through fitness programmes such as Gym can
result in decreased absenteeism and reduced usage of sick leave which is
beneficial to both employees and the organisation," the scheme reads. It
says "healthy employees are happy employees" and a "positive and
energetic work force collaborates better and is more appealing to
customers".
"With increased involvement of government in various activities for the
benefit of people at large, the workload of government servants has increased
manifold. Their sedentary behaviour can have many detrimental effects including
an increased likelihood of developing illness," the scheme document on
gymnasiums says.
Under the other scheme, DoPT would
sponsor programmes of 5-7 days duration under which activities to be offered
will be "trekking, mountaineering, rock-climbing, cycling in difficult
terrain, skiing, surfing, boat sailing, snorkelling, rafting, para-sailing
ballooning, Para Gliding, Jungle Safari/Trekking, Desert Safari/Trekking, Beach
trekking and environmental awareness camps."
The DoPT will sponsor two officials from each central government department
nominated for the purpose each year for the adventure sports activity -- with a
maximum ceiling of RS 20000 per person per camp. "Special casual leave
will be granted to eligible participants," the DoPT has specified. The
officials to be nominated must have been awarded for excellence in service.
Six institutes have been nominated to run these special adventure sports
courses for central government employees - Nehru Institute of Mountaineering in Uttarkashi, Uttarakhand, Atal Behari
Vajpayee Institute of Mountaineering in Manali, Himachal Pradesh, Indian
Institute of Skiing and Mountaineering in Gulmarg, J&K, National Institute
of Water Sports in Goa, Swami Vivekananda Institute of Mountaineering in Mount
Abu, Rajasthan and Garhwal Mandal Vikas Nigam in Dehradun, Uttarakhand. The
scheme document says the adventure sports activity would also mean that
employees are "prepared for better disaster management" and ensure
the inculcation of "environmental awareness" as they "would
learn lessons from nature" in the process.
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NEW DELHI -- The Narendra Modi
government seems to be resolved to force babus out of their armchairs and nudge
them towards a healthier lifestyle. After making them bend and twist on World
Yoga Day, the government has now issued instructions to set up gyms and promote adventure sports among central government employees.
The government has asked its
employees to go rock-climbing and trekking, as part of a lifestyle revamp for
its employees. According to the Economic Times, the government wants to "create and
foster spirit of risk-taking" and tackle the "impact of sedentary
life" on babus.
This is part of new schemes by
the Department of Personnel and
Training (DoPT), headed by the Prime Minister, for
promotion of adventure sports and physical fitness amongst central government
employees. It aims to improve efficiency and morale of bureaucrats.
The
scheme on promoting adventure sports says that this would "tackle the
alarming situation of stress and impact of sedentary life on government
servants". According to the government, this will provide bureaucrats a
'creative outlet', will foster 'spirit of risk' and that they will be better
prepared for disaster management.
Every
year, the DoPT will sponsor two officials from each central government
department to take up "trekking, mountaineering, rock-climbing, cycling in
difficult terrain, skiing, surfing, boat sailing, snorkelling, rafting,
para-sailing ballooning, Para Gliding, Jungle Safari/Trekking, Desert
Safari/Trekking, Beach trekking and environmental awareness camps."
For
this, the government has allocated a maximum ceiling of Rs 20,000 per person
per camp.
The government
will spend up to Rs 10 lakh to set up a gymnasium in each central government
department which employees can use after work hours.
"With
increased involvement of government in various activities for the benefit of
people at large, the workload of government servants has increased manifold.
Their sedentary behaviour can have many detrimental effects including an
increased likelihood of developing illness," the scheme document on
gymnasiums says.
Ever
since Modi has taken charge, the country's bureaucrats have been given a major
image overhaul. From keeping track of their punctuality with a bio-metric roll
call system to longer work hours, the 'acchey din' for babus are a thing of the
past.
First,
they started losing all their holidays.
For
International Yoga Day, the health ministry had issued a circular asking all
officers of the rank of under secretary and above to attend the function
starting at 7 am, on a Sunday.
On
Gandhi Jayanti, last year, the babus were made to trade their files for a
jhadoo. During the launch of the Swachh Bharat campaign, the babus were made to
clean their offices, including the toilets. Their Christmas holiday was also
ruined, thanks to Modi's idea of the Good Governance Day.
That's
not all.
Foreign
trips, a huge lure of the job, have also reduced drastically, after it was made
mandatory for bureaucrats to submit an 'outcome report' after every foreign
trip.
According to a Times Of India report
in July, at least 56 IAS officers have left their central postings prematurely
for their respective state cadres since May 2014 when the Narendra Modi-led BJP
government took office.
In
2013, just three IAS officers left the Centre prematurely and only one left
between August and December 2012. The numbers spiked to 13 between January and
May 2014, in the lead-up to the Lok Sabha polls which resulted in a regime
change.
