NEW DELHI: After Yoga , the Modi government now wants babus to indulge in adventure sports like rock-climbing, jungle trekking, Para Gliding, rafting and snorkelling so as to "create and foster spirit of risk-taking" and tackle the "impact of sedentary life" on them. The government will also set a gymnasium in each of its central department as "healthy employees are happy employees".This is part of two new schemes drawn up by the PM-headed Department of Personnel and Training DoPT ) for promotion of adventure sports and physical fitness amongst central government employees -- all ministries were informed of the same on Wednesday, stressing that such activity will improve efficiency and morale. "The scheme would tackle the alarming situation of stress and impact of sedentary life on government servants as highlighted in several studies conducted so far. It would provide a creative outlet to central government employees. It would create and foster spirit of risk-taking, cooperative team work, capacity of readiness and vital response to challenging situation and of endurance," the scheme on promoting adventure sports reads.The government will also spend up to Rs 10 lakh on each central government department to set up a gymnasium which employees can use after work hours "to improve their health and well-being" which can have a "significant impact such a increased productivity," the other scheme says. "Constant work stress and frustration can lower productivity, so giving employees a convenient means through fitness programmes such as Gym can result in decreased absenteeism and reduced usage of sick leave which is beneficial to both employees and the organisation," the scheme reads. It says "healthy employees are happy employees" and a "positive and energetic work force collaborates better and is more appealing to customers"."With increased involvement of government in various activities for the benefit of people at large, the workload of government servants has increased manifold. Their sedentary behaviour can have many detrimental effects including an increased likelihood of developing illness," the scheme document on gymnasiums says.Under the other scheme, DoPT would sponsor programmes of 5-7 days duration under which activities to be offered will be "trekking, mountaineering, rock-climbing, cycling in difficult terrain, skiing, surfing, boat sailing, snorkelling, rafting, para-sailing ballooning, Para Gliding, Jungle Safari/Trekking, Desert Safari/Trekking, Beach trekking and environmental awareness camps."The DoPT will sponsor two officials from each central government department nominated for the purpose each year for the adventure sports activity -- with a maximum ceiling of RS 20000 per person per camp. "Special casual leave will be granted to eligible participants," the DoPT has specified. The officials to be nominated must have been awarded for excellence in service.Six institutes have been nominated to run these special adventure sports courses for central government employees - Nehru Institute of Mountaineering in Uttarkashi, Uttarakhand, Atal Behari Vajpayee Institute of Mountaineering in Manali, Himachal Pradesh, Indian Institute of Skiing and Mountaineering in Gulmarg, J&K, National Institute of Water Sports in Goa, Swami Vivekananda Institute of Mountaineering in Mount Abu, Rajasthan and Garhwal Mandal Vikas Nigam in Dehradun, Uttarakhand. The scheme document says the adventure sports activity would also mean that employees are "prepared for better disaster management" and ensure the inculcation of "environmental awareness" as they "would learn lessons from nature" in the process.