Taking a cue from the United Arab Emirates (UAE), Madhya Pradesh Chief Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan here on Thursday announced that a new ministry of happiness and joy would be constituted in the State. Madhya Pradesh would perhaps be the first state of the country that would do so.
He was addressing the concluding session of the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) state executive. Chouhan said, “For bringing all-out prosperity at every level in the life of people, the happiness ministry would be constituted in the state. Only physical well being and prosperity could not make life joyous.”
Chouhan further said that Bhutan's 4th King Jigme Singe Wangchuck had coined the term Gross National Happiness Index in the seventies. Work towards this is going on in several countries and reports prepared at various levels. In year 2015, World Happiness Report was prepared by Sustainable Development Solutions Network, which is an initiative of the United Nations Organisation, he added.
The concept of happiness index include that a person is healthy right from childhood and remains healthy throughout life.
It also envisages to create an atmosphere of harmony and mutual goodwill where people can expect and get help from each other in times of crisis. Besides, freedom of choice of lifestyle is also included in happiness concept.
It is also assessed as part of happiness index as to how far people in the society are liberal, helpful and benevolent. Happiness index also seeks to include better education, good atmosphere in educational institutions and emotional development of people in such a way that they do not lose heart in adverse conditions.
Earlier, BJP national vice president and state organizational in-charge Vinay Sahasrabuddhe while inaugurating the state executive of the party while terming the state party organization splendid in the country said that here good governance and good organizational structure have become identity.
State party President and MP Nandkumar Singh Chouhan while welcoming the guests said that workers should indulge to expand the atmosphere of social harmony in the state.