A business development meeting was recently held between the Northeast Frontier Railway’s (NFR’s) Alipurduar division and delegations from the government of Bhutan, which have members from their …
Gross national happiness in Bhutan: the big idea from a tiny state that could change the world
Bhutan measures prosperity by gauging its citizens … Now, in a world beset by collapsing financial systems, gross inequity and wide-scale environmental destruction, this tiny Buddhist state’s …
Gross national happiness in Bhutan: the big idea from a tiny state that could change the world
Bhutan measures prosperity by gauging its citizens … Now, in a world beset by collapsing financial systems, gross inequity and wide-scale environmental destruction, this tiny Buddhist state’s …
Indian Railways delivers vehicles to Bhutan
Indian Railways has delivered its first consignment of goods to Bhutan through a multi-modal route, officials said on Saturday. Seventy-five utility vehicles bought by Bhutan were transported from …
Bhutan is back (but can you afford it?)
With its gentle Buddhist values, elegant national costume worn every day and devotion to its monarch, Bhutan has long maintained the mystique of a forbidden Himalayan kingdom, little influenced by the …
Will mega dams turn Bhutan’s happiness sour?
Famed for its pursuit of happiness, Bhutan’s investment in a new wave of hydropower projects suggests all may not be as it seems in the Buddhist kingdom The tiny kingdom of Bhutan, wedged high …
ADB Lends $37 Million to Bhutan for Fiscal Sustainability, Green Recovery
ADB has approved a $37.35 million policy-based loan to support Bhutan’s green and resilient economic recovery from the COVID-19 pandemic.
The land of happiness: The only currency that really matters in Bhutan is contentment – which makes visiting an utter joy
That said, the parallels are inescapable — not least Bhutan’s idealistic and deadly serious commitment to putting Gross National Happiness as its primary national goal, making materialism and …
Clean wage Bill to be deliberate in winter session
The NA also mentions that the government also submitted three money Bills – the clean wage (Pay Revision) Bill of Bhutan 2022, the property tax Bill of Bhutan 2022, and the tax Bill of Bhutan 2022.
The best way to see this mysterious mountain kingdom – now the gates have been unlocked
I wish I could go back and do it all again.” Before the advent of roads and mobile phones, a network of trails connected Bhutan’s crumple of steep mountains and deep valleys. Sixteenth …