The Haryana Chief Minister Manohar Lal Khattar has urged the people of the state to observe Sunday as no criticism…
Haryana Chief Minister Manohar Lal Khattar (Photo: Twitter)
The Haryana Chief Minister Manohar Lal Khattar has urged the people of the state to observe Sunday as no criticism day.
The CM has also asked the youth to focus on what they can do for the country instead of asking what the country can do for them.
Addressing about 10,000-strong gathering at the inauguration of Raahgiri, government’s people-administration connect initiative, in Kurukshetra district on Sunday, the CM said the country faced the challenge how to improve its abysmal world happiness ranking of 133 among 156 countries.
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It is a matter of grave concern that almost all South Asian countries are way ahead of India in the annual report published by a United Nation body. Pakistan at 75, China at 86, Bhutan at 97, Bangladesh at 115 and Sri Lanka at 116 spot, are way ahead of us, said the CM. Among the 25 happiest countries in the world, Finland, Norway and Denmark are among the first three, United States is eighteenth and Britain nineteenth.
Six variables used to calculate a country’s happiness index are income, healthy life expectancy, social support, freedom, trust and generosity, added the CM.
What is surprising, Manohar Lal said, despite being one of the fastest growing economies of the world and having a life expectancy over 70 years, we are among the 25 unhappiest countries on the planet.
The government is trying to create additional income and employment opportunities through its pro-people policies and programs, he added.
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