DU Admission: Yoga no longer part of sports quota, put under ECA

Yoga, which was part of the sports quota list in the Delhi University till last year, will now be a category under the Extra Curricular Activities (ECA).

There were 12 sports that were excluded from the list of games under which students could seek admission in the sports quota.

These include archery (Indian round), ball badminton, baseball (women), softball (men), korfball (male), 4x100m relay race, cross-country running, cycling, fencing, power-lifting, best physique and yoga.

The varsity Thursday said yoga has been excluded from the sports list and added as an activity, while 27 sports under the sports quota that are part of the Olympics, World Championship, Commonwealth Games, Asian Games, Asian Championship and Paralympics have been included.

Officials said the varsity was always questioned about yoga being included in the sports quota.

They also said they had received guidelines about inclusion of games for sports quota in June 2018 from the HRD Ministry and the Ministry of ...