At Kurukshetra Raahgiri, Hry CM asks people to observe Sunday as 'no-criticism day'

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Last Updated : May 20 2018 | 8:25 PM IST

Haryana Chief Minister Manohar Lal Khattar today urged people to observe Sundays as 'no-criticism day' and said the challenge for India is to improve its world happiness ranking, as it stands 133rd among 156 nations.

Asserting that time has come for the youth to focus on what they can do for the country instead of what the country can do for them, he said 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 UN body.

At the inauguration of Raahgiri, the government's people-administration connect initiative in Kurukshetra district, Khattar said, "What is surprising is that 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 programmes, the chief minister said, adding, "The freedom that people have here is like nowhere else in the world. Challenge before us is to address the issue of happiness directly and not as collateral to economic abundance."

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First Published: May 20 2018 | 8:25 PM IST

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