A government department in charge of happiness

saramartinez on July 17, 2024 at 5:42 pm

Idea: A government department in charge of happiness

Link: https://www.aljazeera.com/opinions/2011/9/...

I found another one – the Bhutan Gross Happiness Commission that is responsible for maximizing the citizen’s happiness.
https://www.aljazeera.com/opinions/2011/9/22/obsessed-with-happiness

Obsessed with happiness | Opinions | Al Jazeera

Link: https://www.aljazeera.com/opinio

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RudeJude on July 17, 2024 at 3:31 pm

Idea: A government department in charge of happiness

Link: https://www.cityam.com/may-camerons-wellbe...

There was also a happiness unit in the UK set up by David Cameron but it was shut down due to funding issues.

May the Wellbeing Unit rest in peace, money can buy happiness

Link: https://www.cityam.com/may-camer

As the UK prepares to shut its ‘happiness unit’ , Paul Ormerod looks at why focusing on GDP is more likely to boost the country’s wellbeing.

8-BIT BOBBY on July 17, 2024 at 2:14 pm

Idea: A government department in charge of happiness

Link: https://time.com/5107252/minister-for-lone...

It seems like this is a popular idea. The U.K. even has a minister for loneliness.

Lonely Brits Now Have a Minister for Loneliness

Link: https://time.com/5107252/ministe

Prime Minister Theresa May called the condition a “sad reality of modern life”

sunnyjim on July 17, 2024 at 1:00 pm

Idea: A government department in charge of happiness

Link: https://www.euronews.com/2014/11/10/india-...

India also has a ministry of yoga!
https://www.euronews.com/2014/11/10/india-pm-modi-appoints-yoga-minister

India PM Modi appoints Yoga minister

Link: https://www.euronews.com/2014/11

Narendra Modi, India’s PM since the victory of his BJP party last May, has appointed a ‘Minister of Yoga’ after a large government reshuffle on Sunday.Modi, a strict vegetarian who practices yoga daily, hopes to revive the ancient tradition, according to news agency AFP.Last September, the con... Read more

ChrisP on July 17, 2024 at 12:23 pm

Idea: A government department in charge of happiness

Link: https://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-india-...

There’s also a government department of happiness in India!
https://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-india-38741238

5 Yrs On, Madhya Pradesh Yet To Measure People’s Happiness | Bhopal News - Times of India

Link: https://www.bbc.com/news/world-a

The government is now uninterested in measuring the happiness of the people of Madhya Pradesh as the assembly election is nearing.

Nodger on July 17, 2024 at 10:53 am

Idea: A government department in charge of happiness

Link: https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/m...

The UAE has a ministry for happiness!

UAE has become the third country in the world to launch a ‘Happiness Ministry’

Link: https://www.independent.co.uk/ne

Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid al-Maktoum, described his desire for ‘a young and flexible government’ that would, he said, fulfil ‘our youth’s aspirations and achieve our people’s ambitions’

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