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Psychiatrist notice, that there has been an increase in the number of people visiting them with an increase in the awareness about mental health. Stress, anxiety and its effect have been felt by the fast changing society due to fatigue. People trying to cope with the changes within the nature of work they are involved. Also Depression has been the common reason why people come to a psychiatrist. The large young population work in shifts and these frequent rotational shifts create many psychological problems for them when they try to adjust their job responsibility with the social demands of their concerns. Stress, anxiety, depression and fatigue are well-known psychological parameters in young working generation which are also found here. Yoga is considered as the best remedy for these psychological disorders. It has various gentle asanas, pranayama, and relaxation techniques. Two groups of 40-40 (experimental and control) subjects (18-35 years) were randomly selected for study from a call center in New Delhi. Yogic management programme consisted of regulated breathing, physical postures (asanas) and relaxation for 45 minutes 5 days weekly over a period of 2 months. Psychological characteristics were assessed by using Eight State Questionnaire (8SQ) before (at zero time) and after yogic intervention (after 2 months). Significant reductions were shown for stress (p<0.05), depression (p<0.05), anxiety (p<0.01), and in fatigue (p<0.05) was observed in the experimental group (yoga group). There was no significant change (p>0.05) in any parameters in the control group (non-yoga group).This yogic management programme is considered useful for the young employee who work in rotational shifts and are suffering from psychological problems which might create problem in their future.