Yoga, Meditation Yet To Catch Up With India Inc, Says Survey

In an interesting finding, a survey has said that yoga , Art of Living techniques and meditation - the most popular preventive forms of healthcare - are yet to attract corporate India for blending them in their comprehensive employee healthcare benefit strategies.

This lack of attraction is especially so among the top 500 blue-chip companies in India, the survey by Towers Watson, 'Group Healthcare: Healthcare Trends 2010', said.

"This is in stark contradiction to the fact that all the three forms of wellness have not only originated in India, but are also much talked-about therapies figuring in their respective annual reports as a part of employee welfare strategies," it said.

The survey, conducted from July to September 2010 across various industries, found that reimbursement for yoga, Art of Living and meditation is provided only by firms whose revenue lies in the range of Rs 300-Rs 400 crore.

However, a majority of the top 500 companies do provide, as a part of employee well-being and wellness programmes, other benefits like reimbursement for vaccination cost, gym membership and annual medical check-up.

The Towers Watson survey, interestingly, observed a slow but gradual shift from protective to preventive health measures with many employers now offering wellness-based health programmes to their employees. (MORE)

Source: India Times