Gross National Happiness

Abstract

Bhutan, known to the outside world as the land of happiness, has attracted attention due to its unique way of transforming the lives of its citizen through its approach towards Gross National Happiness and Sustainable Development Goals. This chapter explores Bhutan's way to treat the concept of Gross National Happiness. This chapter provides an overview of GNH philosophy by examining its different pillars. This chapter also takes into consideration the criticism and shortcoming which GNH has over the most common indicator of growth, the GDP. Furthermore, the chapter also explores the development of concept of GNH and its presence and relevancy in current times. It tries to understand the attainment of Sustainable Development Goals via GNH thereby understanding further Bhutan's model of SDG attainment and how it acts as a model for other nations aspiring for Sustainable Development Goals. Overall, this chapter is an attempt to understand, explore, and present Bhutan's way to reach the target of SDG.