{"id":8906,"date":"2016-06-27T03:55:57","date_gmt":"2016-06-27T03:55:57","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/globalpress.hinduismnow.org?p=8902&preview_id=8902"},"modified":"2016-06-27T03:55:57","modified_gmt":"2016-06-27T03:55:57","slug":"50000-yoga-professionals-to-be-certified-in-3-years","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/globalpress-new.hinduismnow.org\/?p=8906","title":{"rendered":"50,000 yoga professionals to be certified in 3 years – The Hindu"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Standards in services sectors will soon be made a critical component at the levels of the Union and the State governments with particular focus initially on yoga and healthcare, says the Commerce Ministry.<\/p>\n

In a note, the Ministry said that as part of capacity-building in yoga, the government \u2014 with the help of the Quality Council of India (QCI), the nodal body on quality standards \u2014 was aiming to \u201ccertify around 50,000 yoga professionals within the next three years for Level 1 and Level 2\u201d.<\/p>\n

Pointing out that \u201caccreditation [of hospitals] is vital in healthcare,\u201d the Ministry said an incentive scheme would be conceptualised for accreditation of smaller hospitals. The ultimate aim was to ensure that accreditation reaches \u201call hospitals including smaller hospitals [tier 2 tier 3 levels]\u201d.<\/p>\n

Terming yoga \u201cIndia\u2019s gift to the world\u201d, the Commerce Ministry \u2014 in its presentation at the recent \u2018Standards Conclave 2016\u2019 it jointly organised with the Confederation of India Industry \u2014 said, \u201cIndia must now provide leadership in providing neutral third party-certified yoga professionals,\u201d adding that there was a need to \u201cstrengthen [yoga] certification process in general as well.\u201d<\/p>\n

The Ministry of AYUSH (Ayurveda, Yoga and Naturopathy, Unani, Siddha and Homoeopathy) and the QCI had in June 2015 announced a scheme for voluntary certification of yoga professionals. So far, a little over 10,000 yoga professionals have registered for it, out of which 300 have been granted the certification.<\/p>\n

The Commerce Ministry said it was necessary to \u201ccreate a system for accreditation of certification bodies around the world which in turn can certify yoga professionals and yoga schools\u201d.<\/p>\n

Standards in services sector, the Ministry said, were discussed for the first time at an industry-government interaction during the \u2018Standards Conclave 2015\u2019. Services standards were also taken up at five regional standards conclaves, it said. A decision was taken to focus initially on three sectors \u2014 tourism, higher education and healthcare \u2014 to achieve better standards as these sectors have immense potential.<\/p>\n

A CII note stated that the role of standards will become a \u201cvery important aspect\u201d determining global services trade in the future. \u201cThis [services standards] is still a nascent area in India and there are not much international standards available in services,\u201d the note said. \u201cThe key issues are sectors where there is a desirability of services standards from the perspective of enhancing India\u2019s role as an exporter of services; and development of services standards as an important tool for developing consumer confidence and harmonisation with ISO service standards.\u201d<\/p>\n

Phased approach<\/b><\/p>\n

Pralok Gupta, assistant professor, Centre for WTO Studies, Indian Institute of Foreign Trade, wrote in the CII paper on \u2018Challenges of Standards and Technical Regulations\u2019 (presented during the \u2018Standards Conclave 2016\u2019) that the government \u201cshould encourage standards at least in those sectors more prone to consumer safety and security\u2026 As standards adoption is a time and resource consuming process, the government should implement standards in services in a phased manner.\u201d<\/p>\n

Prof. Gupta said: \u201cIn the first phase, those export-oriented services can be focused \u2026 [where] awareness about international standards exists at least to some of the service providers and consumers\u2026 In the second phase, services that are important for exports, but lacking standards, such as logistics, can be targeted to adopt internationally acceptable standards.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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Source: 50,000 yoga professional to be certified in 3 years \u2013 The Hindu<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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