new delhi sports minister kiren rijiju on friday stressed on the importance of fitness saying more than 16 lakh schools have got registered under the fit india movementrijiju also spoke about reactivating indigenous sports and activities and while they may not be a part of the olympics and asian games as yet he will be looking at integrating them into competition from next yearrijiju was part of an hourlong webinar along with star shooter and 2012 london olympics bronze medallist gagan narang in a discussion titled fitness a way of lifethe discussion was moderated by sports commentator manish batavia and was organised by institute of company secretaries in india in association with fit indiain the webinar rijiju and narang spoke on a wide range of issues that included the importance of fitness getting children to play yoga indigenous sports olympics and how to take the positives away from the lockdown imposed by coronavirusspeaking on fitness rijiju said that the citizens of india have a big role to play in india becoming a sporting powerhouseadding that children must receive opportunities to play he spoke of the role that khelo india has played to this endthe minister added that more than 16 lakh schools have got registered under the fit india movementnarang emphasised on the importance of mental fitness and why physical and mental fitness must complement each othernarang who started shooting at the age of 14 had earlier dabbled in cricket tennis and football and said he zeroed in on shooting because it challenged his mental abilities