2. AanchalSethi

3. AbhijeetChowdhury

4. Abhishek Mehta

6. GNHDomains GNH Domains

7. SCREENING GNH Simple GNH Screening Tool Assesses impacts of policies and projects on GNH Selects GNH enhancing policies Applied in two phases: Policy Level Project Level

8. SCREENING GNH CONTD.. Each question has 4 pointer scale. Scale ranked from 1 to 4. 1 – Negative Score 2 – Uncertain 3 – Neutral Score 4 – Positive Score

9. SCREENING GNH CONTD..

10. SCREENING GNH CONTD.. Calculation: Score x No. of Questions Scoring Done by heterogeneous group of qualified experts and professionals. Have sound knowledge of subject matter.

11. BHUTAN

12. FOUR PILLARS OF BHUTAN GNH

13. KEY DEVELOPMENT INDICATORS OF GNH IN BHUTAN

14. WHY GDP AS A MEASURE OF HAPPINESS AND WELL-BEING PARTLY FAILS? Failure to make qualitative distinctions Failure to value Natural, Human, and Social capital. Failure to value free time Failure to value unpaid work. Failure to account for equity.

15. KEY DIFFERENCES BETWEEN THE TWO TYPES OF DEVELOPMENT MEASURE

16. GNH IN INDIA Inadequacy of GDP leads to using GNH as a substitute Why GNH? Social scientists: happiness as priority for government Health and happiness go hand in hand. Happiness has to be measured like health statistics.

17. CHALLENGES No reliable data on conditions of rural primary schools, primary health centers, land use, land ownership etc. Selecting proponents of happiness index Happiness is highly subjective Differences between people and economists Happiness tends to fluctuate too. FINAL SAYING.

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