Saturday, July 02, 2016

India to create a ministry of happiness...

India's notoriously oversized bureaucracy has found a new way to expand - the country's first ministry of happiness, dedicated to "putting a smile on every face".

The new ministry will be created by the central state of Madhya Pradesh to "track our growth" in a manner based on Bhutan's concept of gross national happiness.

"The state will be made responsible for happiness and tolerance of its citizens and will rope in psychologists to counsel people on how to be always happy," said Shivraj Singh Chouhan, the state's chief minister.

Details of the initiative were formalised on Thursday as Mr Chouhan, a member of Prime Minister Narendra Modi's ruling BJP party, travelled to New Delhi to seek permission to expand his cabinet.

The new ministry will oversee up to 70 social programmes spanning yoga, spirituality, meditation and the arts, as well as offering free religious pilgrimages for senior citizens. Full story...

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