Fit India Freedom Run 2.0 : Sports Minister Anurag Thakur launched Fit India Freedom Run 2.0 across the country on 13 August 2021. Sports Minister Anurag Thakur launched the second edition of Fit India Freedom Run through video conferencing. On this occasion, along with Anurag Thakur, Minister of State for Youth Affairs and Sports Nisith Pramanik was also present.
The Ministry of Youth Affairs and Sports is organizing Fit India Freedom Run 2.0 across the country as a part of the Amrit Mahotsav of Azadi- India@75 Celebrations. This campaign has been started as a celebration of the program of Independence Day, which has been named Azadi Ka Amrit Mahotsav.
The second edition of Fit India Freedom Run will start from 13 August 2021 till 02 October 2021. The first edition of this campaign was conducted from 15 August to 02 October 2020. People from Central/State Government Departments including Central Armed Forces, NGOs, Private Institutions, Schools, Individuals, Youth Clubs participated and covered a distance of about 18 crore kilometres.
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Actually Fit India Freedom Run is being organized under the Amrit Mahotsav of Azadi. Under this, programs will be organized every week in 75 districts and 75 villages of every district till 02 October 2021. The Fit India Freedom Run will be organized in 744 districts, 75 villages in each of the 744 districts and 30,000 educational institutions across the country. Through this initiative, more than 7.50 crore youth and citizens will reach to participate in the race.
Its aim is to encourage people to participate in health activities like running and sports of daily life and get rid of obesity, laziness, stress, anxiety, diseases etc. Through this campaign “Fitness Key Dose Half Hour Rose” citizens will be called to take a pledge to include at least 30 minutes of physical activity daily in their lives.
