On International Yoga Day, a new poll by Inshorts (India’s highest rated news app and Ipsos (a global market research company) reveals that 84% would like to see Yoga as part of the School Curriculum.
On the occasion of the International Yoga Day that was incepted by PM Narendra Modi in 2015 and is held annually ever since on 21 June, InShorts, India’s highest-rated News App organized a poll to decipher the awareness and perception of Yoga amongst Indians. The poll was conducted in association with Ipsos, the global market and opinion research specialist. A whopping 1,00,752 unique users participated in the poll via InShorts mobile app, revealing a total of 4,74,649 responses.
Commenting on the Poll, Mr Azhar Iqubal, CEO and Co-founder, InShorts, said “Ahead of the International Yoga Day, we decided to get up, close and personal with Indians and understand what they really felt about Yoga. Interestingly, majority of Indians surveyed in the poll believe Yoga to be beneficial in improving concentration and leading a healthier lifestyle.
“Since corporate executives are constrained for time due to long working hours and daily commute, Yoga sessions will provide much reprieve and holistic healing,” said Parijat Chakraborty, executive director Ipsos PA.
While some schools already do provide Yoga as a part of the school curriculum, our poll showed 85% Indians exhorting yoga being made compulsory in schools.
So, what is the key benefit of Yoga?
Interestingly, views were divided in our poll on goodness of Yoga: 43% Indians said it Improves Concentration; 32% credited Yoga for Boosting Immunity; 7% ascribed Losing Weight as the key benefit of Yoga while 18% were undecided.
75% in the favour of today’s companies organizing Yoga Sessions for their employees
The popular opinion clearly warrants the companies of today to organize Yoga sessions for their employees. In addition, 12% of the respondents felt the companies could ‘sometimes’ hold such sessions for the employees; although, 13% didn’t quite share the same opinion and voted against companies organizing Yoga sessions for their employees.
84% would like to see Yoga as part of the School Curriculum
Clearly the voice of the nation appears the most unified in having Yoga included in the school curriculum. However, while 10% voted in their disagreement, 6% opted for ‘can’t say’ instead.
“Indians are quite positive on the benefits of Yoga. Concentration is a rare commodity in today’s constant hustle bustle; immunity is on perpetually declining path, thanks to rapid change of lifestyle. Yoga seems to be the panacea,” added Chakraborty.
About InShorts
Inshorts is India’s highest-rated news app, with more than 8 million downloads on Android and iOS. The app curates the most significant news items of the day, across categories like national, world, politics, business, sports, technology and entertainment, in just 60 words with a link to read the stories that interest them, in detail.
This enterprise was set up by a team of IITians, Azhar Iqubal & Anunay Arunav of IIT Delhi and Deepit Purkayastha of IIT Kharagpur in 2013. Their entrepreneurial journey began from TLabs incubator in 2013 which was followed by a seed round from Times Internet and a group of angel investors including the founders of Flipkart. In 2015, Inshorts raised a Series A round from Tiger Global and Rebright Partners, landing its Series B within 4 months, from Tiger Global.
Inshorts also continues to be India’s highest-rated news app on Android since January 2014 with a rating of 4.6, and in 2015 was included by Google India in its list of 50 best Android apps from India. By mid-2016, Inshorts garnered more than 8 million downloads on Android and iOS and is serving more than One billion page views every month since.
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