New Delhi, August 29: Prime Minister Narendra Modi has launched the nation-wide Fit India Movement on Thursday with an aim to encourage people to inculcate physical activity and sports in their everyday lives. PM has inaugurated the new movement on the occasion of National Sports Day today. Modi will administer a fitness pledge to the people of the country. Fit India Movement Live Streaming: Watch PM Narendra Modi Launch #FitIndia Campaign From Indira Gandhi Stadium On National Sports Day 2019 on DD.

The Prime Minister had made an announcement of launching Fit India Movement on 'Mann Ki Baat' on August 25. The Prime Minister said that we have to keep ourselves fit and make the nation also fit. The Fit India Movement will be for all men, women and children. The Prime Minister said, “I want to see you fit and make you fitness conscious and we will together set the goals for Fit India and the country as a whole."

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A committee comprising government officials, members of Indian Olympic Association (IOA), national sports federations, private bodies and fitness promoters was formed to advise the government on the Fit India Movement.

This committee, which will be under the chairmanship of sports minister Kiren Rijiju, has 12 members from the government, including secretaries of Sports, Secondary Education, Ayush, Youth Affairs, among others. IOA President and seven NSF heads, including those of boxing, athletics, football and cycling, are also a part of the committee.

Reportedly, representatives of private bodies such as Confederation of Indian Industries (CII), Reliance Foundation, JSW Cement and JSW Paints, SE TransStadia Pvt. Ltd., Tata Trusts, ASSOCHAM India, Federation of Indian Chambers of Commerce and Industry (FICCI), and actors Shilpa Shetty and Milind Soman are also involved.

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