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2016

Question [CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
The Centre has decided to introduce International Yoga Award Scheme from which year
A
2016
B
2017
C
2018
D
2020
Explanation: 

Detailed explanation-1: -IDY-2015. Hon’ble Prime Minister Shri Narendra Modi inaugurated the first International Day of Yoga on June 21st, 2015, on the theme ‘Yoga for Harmony and Peace.

Detailed explanation-2: -The 8th International Yoga Day was celebrated in various parts of India, but the main event was held in Mysore and the prime minister of India, Narendra Modi led a crowd of over 15, 000 people in the Mysore Palace Premises, who attended this event there. The theme of the year’s event was “Yoga for humanity".

Detailed explanation-3: -The United Nations (UN) theme of this year is “Yoga for Health".

Detailed explanation-4: -Ans. The international yoga day was first observed on 21st June 2015 in which 36000 people including the Prime Minister of India Narendra Modi and other eminent personalities from all around the world performed 21 yoga asanas for 35 minutes in New Delhi.

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