New Delhi, August 29: Prime Minister Narendra Modi launched the nation-wide Fit India Movement on Thursday at Indira Gandhi Stadium Complex in New Delhi.  The movement aims to encourage people to inculcate physical activity and sports in their everyday lives. People of the nation can watch the Live Streaming of the Fit India Movement on DD National. What is Fit India Movement? Here's All You Need to Know.

The campaign aims to encourage people to inculcate physical activity and sports in their everyday lives. In a bid to celebrate National Sports Day on August 29, the Prime Minister, during his Mann Ki Baat address on August 25, urged people to visit iconic places and travel places related to nature and wildlife.

Watch PM Narendra Modi Launch #FitIndia Campaign via DD National

A committee comprising government officials, members of Indian Olympic Association (IOA), national sports federations, private bodies and fitness promoters has been formed to advise the government on the "Fit India Movement" which will be launched by Prime Minister Narendra Modi on August 29.

In 2018, then sports minister Rajyavardhan Rathore had also floated a fitness campaign called #HumFitTohIndiaFit. He had posted a video on Twitter doing 10 push-ups while encouraging sports personalities and people to share pictures and videos on the site to show how they kept themselves fit.

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