Madhya Pradesh chief minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan on 31st march 2016 announced a 'happiness ministry' to measure the state's    progress.
•    While United Arab Emirates (UAE) is the only country to create posts of minister of happiness in the government, Chouhan joined chorus to ensure that a welfare state cannot only deal with politics and economy.
•    The state will be made responsible for happiness and tolerance of its citizens and will rope in psychologists to counsel people how to be always happy.
•    Shivraj related happiness to developments in the country, showering praise on Prime Minister Narendra Modi by putting him on the pedestal of god for the third time in three weeks. 
•    Madhya Pradesh is the first Indian state to have a ‘Ministry of Happiness’ to measure state’s growth.
•    UAE created the post of ‘Minisitry of Happiness and Tolerance’ in 2016, Venezuela created a ‘Ministry of Supreme Social Happiness’ in 2013.