New Delhi, June 5 -- The World Happiness Report 2025 ranks India at 118th among 147 countries. India is below Saudi Arabia, Libya, Venezuela, Uzbekistan, Rwanda, China, Iran, Lebanon, Palestine, Pakistan, Ukraine, Iraq, and Cameroon in happiness level which was measured on the basis of people's self-assessed life evaluations, income, life expectancy and social security.

Over centuries the saints and seers of India have been preaching to the world how to be happy. Lord Krishna in the Chapter 9-28 of the Bhagwat Geeta says "Shubhashubha-phalair evam mokshyase karma-bandhanaih sannyasa-yoga-yuktatma vimukto mam upaishyasi." A person becomes free from the bondage if he dedicates whatever he does to God. When the work is dedicated to God, the...