Yoga can help Government Servants in managing the stress

The Union Minister of State (Independent Charge) of the Ministry of Development of North Eastern Region (DoNER), MoS PMO, Personnel, Public Grievances, Pensions, Atomic Energy and Space, Dr. Jitendra Singh said that Yoga is the best way to keep ourselves healthy. He was addressing a workshop on “Self-Management of Excessive Tension” for the officers of different Ministries and their families, organized by the Department of Personnel and Training, Government of India in association with Vivekananda Yoga Anusandhana Samsthana, here today. About 40 officers from various Ministries have attended the programme.

Talking about Yoga and stress management, Dr. Jitendra Singh said that Yoga can help in managing the stress which is very much prevalent in present day working of the people in general and government servants in particular. This should not be one time activity rather it should be a part of life so that one can lead their life in a better way, he added.

Dr. Jitendra Singh said that the government will organize Yoga Training Sessions from April 01, 2015 for the benefit of Central Government Employees and their dependents at Grih Kalyan Kendra Smaj Sadans in association with Morarji Desai National Institute of Yoga, New Delhi. The government has selected 26 GKKs from Delhi and 14 from other parts of India for the same, he added.

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One out of six Maharashtra MLAs has attacked govt servants

A group of MLAs led by Ram Kadam and Kshitij Thakur attacking assistant police inspector (traffic) Sachin Suryavanshi at Vidhan Bhawan on March 19 is not an isolated case of elected representatives using force against government employees.

Scrutiny of affidavits filed by the 288 members of the 12th Vidhan Sabha before the 2009 Assembly elections reveals one in every six has done so — 50 MLAs have been booked under IPC section 353 (assault or use of criminal force to deter a public servant from discharge of his duty).

Kadam and Thakur were also booked under this section.

Almost all parties have such MLAs, though Shiv Sena and BJP top the list (see box).

One in every three Sena MLAs has been booked for assaulting a government servant. Of the 45 party MLAs, 17, including senior leader Subhash Desai, have been charged under section 353.

BJP is a close second with one in four party MLAs accused of using criminal force against government employees. A dozen of the 47 party Assembly members, including state president Sudhir Mungantiwar and leader of opposition Eknath Khadse, have been slapped with section 353.

Four of 12 MNS legislators and five each of Congress and NCP are in the hall of shame.

The MLA with most cases, five, is R M Vani of Shiv Sena representing Vaijapur. Ironically, he is a member of the seven-MLA government panel probing the attack on Suryavanshi.

NCP MLA from Georai Badamrao Pandit faces four cases."This is a sad state of affairs and shows the undemocratic ways of our leaders. As soon as they get elected and enter public life they believe they are above law," former Bombay High Court judge Suresh Hosbet said.

The political class, however, defended itself. "Many of these cases were filed during public demonstrations," said NCP spokesperson Nawab Malik, himself booked but acquitted in a few cases.

source : Indian Express.com

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