Month: July 2016
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Madhya Pradesh CM announces ministry of happiness
BHOPAL: On lines of Bhutan which measures prosperity by gauging citizens’ happiness quotient and not GDP, Madhya Pradesh chief minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan on Thursday announced a ‘happiness ministry’ to measure the state’s progress. “We will make a ‘happiness ministry’ to track our growth,” said Shivraj Singh, while addressing a state BJP convention. […]
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Bhutan Dynasty Of Happiness
His Majesty, Jigme Singye Wangchuckthe, the 4th King of Bhutan was just a teenager when he took the throne. He changed history by imagining that Bhutan’s should pursue the path to Gross National Happiness, not a high GDP. The idea of Gross National Happiness (GNH) took modern shape in the 1970s under His Majesty the […]