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It almost borders on the philosophical but touches on several practical challenges and policy options. Lyonchen underlines the importance of the education system and the media to provide impetus to GNH values since they shape people’s understanding, perception, behaviour and...

Building the capacities of volunteers and training leaders and managers for disaster response would be the vital elements of the national society’s responsibility. Red Cross is the world’s largest humanitarian organization providing a range of services including relief and emergency...

The three initiatives include improving provider efficiency and quality while reducing burden on the government without compromising on the equity of access, reducing dependence on availability of rural doctors or nurses through innovative delivery solutions, and using distance learning to...

Most members emphasized that the bureau should function autonomously...The bill has been referred to the Private Sector Development Committee for further deliberation. Second Reading on the Royal Monetary Authority of Bhutan (Amendment) Bill 2009 Extensive deliberation took place on whether...

This comes to 227,802 people out of the projected population of 683,407. They depend on imports for 34 percent of cereal needs, which include 51 percent of rice being imported from India. Among the reasons for food security challenges in...

The Fifth International GNH conference in Iguacu, Brazil, ended on November 24 after prime minister Lyonchhoen Jigmi Y Thinley thanked all the participants for their support, which made it possible to hold the conference in South America for the first...

Zow Yongba, 62, a carpenter from Nanong gewog in Pemagatshel, travelled nine hours by bus to Autso in Lhuentse and then walked for another five hours to get to Jarey gewog. Twelve others from his gewog also took the same...

Bhutan — After passing Mount Everest on the left, the Druk Air Airbus 319 weaves its way down a narrow mountain valley to land at Paro. The few visitors on board have little idea of what lies ahead: a 15th-century...