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Nation
Khelega Bharat, Badhega Bharat

ahatma Buddha used to say, 'Keeping
one's body healthy is also a duty. If your 'Body fit hai, Toh mind hit hai'
Mbody will not be healthy, then you will not
be able to keep your mind pure and clean. Meaning Fitness Ka Dose, Aadha Ghanta Roz
a pure mind resides in a healthy body, where good
thoughts are born. With this vision, Prime Minister
Narendra Modi launched the Fit India campaign on HEALTH AS WELL AS CLEANLINESS
August 29, 2019, on National Sports Day. Fitness
Ka Dose, Aadha Ghanta Roz has become part of THROUGH FIT INDIA PLOG RUN
the lifestyle in just 3 years. It is becoming a mass
movement. Fitness is not a word but a necessary The first major event
condition of a healthy and prosperous life. under Fit India Campaign,
Swami Vivekananda also used to say that if Plog Run was held on 2nd
October 2019 in which 30
you have a purpose in life, and work for it with lakh people participated.
full passion, then good health, happiness, and Plogger is a form of running
prosperity come into your life as its by-product. or jogging in which runners
The one who is fit touches the sky, it can also be while running slowly, pick
said like this – if the body is fit then the mind is hit. up the waste, plastic waste 2019
Regarding the Fit India campaign, Prime Minister found on the way.
Narendra Modi believes that fitness awakens a
feeling that we are our own creators. There comes In the year 2020, a
confidence. This self-confidence also gives a colossal event under
Fit India consisting of
person success in different areas of life. Cyclothon, Prabhat Pheri,
A healthy, fit India is subsumed in the vision of and Fit India School Week
a new India, for which the Fit India campaign was was organized under the
launched to make physical fitness a way of life, and 'Fit India Freedom Run'
in just three years it has become a mass movement. 2020 endeavour from August to
This can be gauged from the fact that more than 9 October.
crore people participated in Fit India Freedom Run
2.0. Prime Minister Narendra Modi has given the In the year 2021, along with
mantra for Fit India with these words- Fitness Ka the launch of the Fit India
Dose, Aadha Ghanta Roz in which everyone's well- mobile app, a quiz contest
was also organized. More
being and happiness is involved. Whatever you than 36,000 students took
like, do 30 minutes of exercise every day whether part in this quiz. This time
it's yoga, badminton, tennis, football, karate, or too more than 9 crore
kabaddi. people took part in 'Fit India 2021
The Government of India has launched the Freedom Run 2.0'. About 4
lakh events were organized
Fit India Mobile App to keep the citizens fit and under it.
healthy, which allows them to check their fitness
level with the help of a mobile device. The app has
some unique features like fitness scores, animated FITNESS AMONG SCHOOL CHILDREN
videos, activity trackers, and 'My Plan' catering
to individual specific needs.Our Prime Minister n 10.16 lakh schools affiliated to 56 boards in 36 states
Narendra Modi says Investment in Fitness, Yoga, and union territories across the country are registered
and Workouts is zero but the returns are infinite. with the Fit India campaign. Different fitness protocols
have been created according to the age in the Fit India
A healthy person, a healthy family, and a healthy campaign.
society are indispensable for making a new India
the 'Shrestha Bharat'. Take a pledge that we n 4.52 lakh schools have been verified under Fit India.
ourselves will be fit, and encourage our family, More than 13 thousand schools across the country have
friends, neighbors, and everyone we know to stay been given 5 stars under Fit India Movement while 43.32
fit. I am fit then India is fit. thousand schools have been given three stars rating.

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