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Home / News / India News / India finalizes plans for Happiness Ministry
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    India finalizes plans for Happiness Ministry

    Written by
    Shiladitya Ray
    Edited by
    Gaurav Jeyaraman
    Last updated on Jul 15, 2016, 08:04 pm
    India finalizes plans for Happiness Ministry
  • Talk of a Happiness Ministry had been in the wind for the past few months, and India is finally set to establish its first Ministry of Happiness.

    The new ministry will be set up by Madhya Pradesh, one of India's poorest states.

    Madhya Pradesh Chief Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan is expected to head the ministry as it was his initiative from the very start.

  • In this article
    The concept of happiness as a measure of growth Bhutan values happiness Happiness ministries around the world Shivraj Singh Chouhan announces plans for a Happiness Ministry How exactly will the Happiness Ministry make people happy? India finalizes plans for Happiness Ministry MP Happiness Ministry, at your service
  • Origins

    The concept of happiness as a measure of growth

    The concept of happiness as a measure of growth
    Credits:
  • The concept of a happiness index was first proposed in 1972 by King Wangchuck of Bhutan.

    King Wangchuck said that instead of relying on GDP as a measure of Bhutan's progress, it should instead consider "Gross National Happiness".

    GNH was to be measured by the peoples' satisfaction with economic progress, their sense of being well-governed and their sense of cultural and national belonging.

  • Do you know?

    Bhutan values happiness

  • The only country in the world to have a Gross National Happiness (GNH) index is Bhutan. GNH is measured by a person's satisfaction with 9 things - community, culture, governance, knowledge, health, spirituality, psychological well-being, balanced use of time and harmony with the environment.

  • UAE and Venezuela

    Happiness ministries around the world

    Happiness ministries around the world
  • In 2013, the Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro created new Vice Ministry of Supreme Social Happiness in an attempt to coordinate poverty alleviation programmes set up by his predecessor Hugo Chavez.

    Following in their footsteps, the United Arab Emirates set up a Happiness Ministry in early 2016 and appointed ministers of "tolerance" and "happiness" to create social good and promote tolerance in the country.

  • Plans

    Shivraj Singh Chouhan announces plans for a Happiness Ministry

    Shivraj Singh Chouhan announces plans for a Happiness Ministry
    Credits:
  • In April 2016, Madhya Pradhesh CM Shivraj Singh Chouhan had announced plans for creating a Happiness Ministry.

    The object of the ministry would be to "track growth" based on Bhutan's concept of Gross National Happiness.

    Saying that a welfare state cannot only deal with politics and economy, the Chief Minister added that the ministry would be dedicated to "bringing a smile on every face".

  • Function

    How exactly will the Happiness Ministry make people happy?

    How exactly will the Happiness Ministry make people happy?
  • The Ministry of Happiness will reportedly oversee up to 70 social programmes including meditation, yoga, spirituality, and the arts.

    It will also, according to Shivraj Singh Chouhan, be "responsible for happiness and tolerance of its citizens and will rope in psychologists to counsel people how to be always happy".

    The ministry, furthermore, will offer free religious pilgrimages for senior citizens.

  • 03 Jul 2016

    India finalizes plans for Happiness Ministry

    India finalizes plans for Happiness Ministry
  • Talk of a Happiness Ministry had been in the wind for the past few months, and India is finally set to establish its first Ministry of Happiness.

    The new ministry will be set up by Madhya Pradesh, one of India's poorest states.

    Madhya Pradesh Chief Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan is expected to head the ministry as it was his initiative from the very start.

  • 15 Jul 2016

    MP Happiness Ministry, at your service

    MP Happiness Ministry, at your service
  • The Madhya Pradesh government lauded the inauguration of the country's first Ministry of Happiness.

    Chief Minister Shivraj Singh Chauhan said it would work to ensure the happiness of the common man in the state.

    He added that a panel of experts would be constituted to recommend suggestions to the ministry to ensure that it carries out its mandate.

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