Sonam Gyamtsho

Gross National Happiness and Social Progress Sonam Gyamtsho

Bhutan's development philosophy of 'Gross National Happiness' has received overwhelming global attention, as the concept opposes the measure of 'Gross Domestic Product' which is one sided in dimension to measure the actual societal progress. Gross National Happiness, on the other hand is a multidimensional development concept taking care of all aspects of development, such as culture, environment, social, economic etc. If happiness is the ultimate goal of every human being, then there is no better development paradigm than 'GNH' which can possibly save the planet earth from its destruction due to human greed.