Just 14 months after Yoga was declared as a sport in India, the decision has now been reversed.

When Yoga was recognised as a sport in India in September last year, it had the seal of approval from the Prime Minister's Office (PMO), but on Wednesday the sports ministry communicated to all the National Sports Federations and the Sports Authority of India (SAI), that "Yoga can't be termed as a sport."

Yoga, in fact, was added in the list of priority sports but the government has found out that it has many dimensions and it will not be possible to conduct competitions in Yoga.

For any sport to be added into the priority list, it should be part of Olympics, Asian Games or Commonwealth Games but for Yoga, an exception was made.

The sports ministry will no longer look after Yoga and it has now gone back to the AYUSH ministry.

In India, people of all ages practice Yoga and it also gave them opportunity to apply for jobs through sports quota. But that has now been done away with.

There were issues when the national sports federation for Yoga had to be formed with many staking claim to form a recognised body. Prime Minister Narendra Modi has been leading the charge in spreading awareness on Yoga and has been at the forefront at every Yoga day for the last two years.