The Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) is inviting applications from yoga training institutes and instructors to train people under the Shiv Yog Centres programme. The instructors will be paid Rs 1,000 for a two-hour-long session, an official said.

The Shiv Yog centres, an initiative by the BMC to promote wellbeing among citizens, were supposed to open in June. As per the BMC’s 2022-23 budget, a provision of R25 crore for capital expenditure and Rs 5 crore for revenue expenditure was approved for 200 centres. But, it will now take at least another month, as they are yet to receive applications from instructors. The centres will remain open five times a week, and offer free classes between 6 and 8 am.