The Madhya Pradesh cabinet today gave its nod to set up Happiness Department in the state. This department will work as knowledge resource centre on the subject of happiness. A state Happiness Institute will also be established under the Happiness Department.
Madhya Pradesh is the first state of the country to set up such a Department. The new department will identify and define the parameters of happiness.
It will prepare guidelines for coordination between different departments for propagating happiness in the state.
Initially, it will have a budget of three crore 60 lakh rupees. The state government has also decided to give Simhastha Jyoti medals to officers and employees who made security arrangements in Ujjain during the Simhastha.
This department will identify and define the parameters of happiness and efficiency. It will prepare guidelines for coordination between different departments for propagating happiness in the state.
It would also prescribe action plan and activities for experiencing happiness. The department will assess mind-set of state’s people from time to time. It would compile and publish survey reports pertaining to status of happiness.
A state Happiness Institute will also be established under the new department. Initially it will have a budget of three crore 60 lakh rupees. Madhya Pradesh is perhaps the first state of the country to set up the Happiness Department.
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