The UN happiness conference begins
The global conference on happiness initiated by the UN and coordinated by Bhutanese government has begun in New York half an hour before. Addressing the inaugural session of the conference, UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon said, failure of the GDP to address the social progress and other fundamental aspects...
Out of track on mission to self-reliant economy?
Increase in quota for Bhutan to burrow Indian rupee some months back is unlikely to resist the increasing trade deficit of the country with India – thanks to 32 percent increase in imports from India in 2010 compared to the previous year. According to the report of Finance Ministry,...
UN’s resolution on happiness
Adopting a second draft resolution, titled “Happiness: towards a holistic approach to development”, the Assembly invited Member States to pursue public policy steps that would better capture the importance of pursuing happiness and well-being in development. It also welcomed Bhutan’s offer to hold a panel discussion on the theme...
Happiness Vs salary
The Bhutanese government says, primary objective for it to meet is making citizens happy but individually, all members in the Bhutanese family yarn for money, to which they see strings of happiness. Since a few years, GHN has overshadowed the debates of GDP at least in this tiny kingdom...