Ready for rock-climbing or beach trekking? Govt to sponsor its employees to tackle “alarming situation of stress”

THE Central government has unveiled a new scheme under which a government employee is eligible to receive up to Rs 20,000 as reimbursement for undertaking one of the adventurous sports such as trekking, mountaineering, rock-climbing, cycling in difficult terrain, skiing, surfing,  boat sailing, rafting, parasailing, balloning, beach trekking, etc. In a DoPT office memorandum (OM) released on Friday, the government said, it is an attempt to tackle “alarming situation of stress” on Central government employees and also to foster...

Govt wants “conducive frame of mind” for bureaucrats, organizes yoga camp, workshops on stress relief

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COME Saturday, the Central government’s new initiative of stress relief-cum-rejuvenating programmes will formally begin in New Delhi. The department of personnel and training (DoPT) will first hold a two-day programme this weekend on stress management for officers of DoPT and the cabinet secretariat. It will be followed by yoga camps, workshops, sports, cultural events etc. for IAS and other government officers across the country. According to the official statement, this exercise will help bureaucrats maintain a “conducive frame of mind” and ensure…