India has been ranked 139 out of 149 countries in the list of UN World Happiness Report 2021, in 2020, India was ranked 144 out of 156 countries. Finland ranked the top spot in the report with India's neighbours Pakistan ranking 105th, Bangladesh at 101st and China on 84th on the report. Finalnd is followed by Iceland, Denmark, Switzerland, The Netherlands, Sweden, Germany and Norway. The World Happiness Report 2021, issued by the UN Sustainable Development Solutions Network, focuses on the effects of  COVID-19 and how people all over the world have fared. The Parameters used for measuring happiness in....Read More

TRIFED under Ministry of Tribal Affairs has now launched “Sankalp se Siddhi” - Village & Digital Connect Drive. Starting from April 1, 2021, this 100 day drive will entail 150 teams (10 in each region from TRIFED and State Implementation Agencies/Mentoring Agencies/Partners) visiting ten villages each. 100 villages in each region and 1500 villages in the country will be covered in the next 100 days. The main aim of this drive is to activate the Van Dhan Vikas Kendras in these villages. Among all of TRIFED’s initiatives that have been put in place to help the disadvantaged tribal sections of....Read More

Election Commission of India today hosted International Virtual Election Visitors Programme (IEVP) 2021 for Election Management Bodies (EMBs) /Organisations from 26 countries  and three International Organisations during the ongoing elections for Legislative Assemblies of Assam, Kerala, Puducherry, Tamil Nadu and West Bengal. IEVP 2021 provided the participants an overview of the large canvas of Indian electoral process, the new initiatives taken by ECI on voter facilitation, transparency and accessibility of electoral system etc and ECI’s response to the changing needs of training and capacity building and the new formats necessitated by COVID-19.Read More