Case studies based analysis on the Gross national Happiness Index of Bhutan and the Scandinavian countries.Also it emphasises on the clear-cut differences of GNH with respect to GDP and GNP.

1. Submitted by-
Rashmi Parmar (8601)
Trisha Sinha Roy(8629)
Sanchari Mohanta(8631)
Raunak Shirali(8609)
Karan Khot(8615)
Swapnil Kulkarni(8625)

2.  Meaning of GNH
 GNH Indicators
 Case studies-Bhutan, Norway, Switzerland
and Denmark
 GNH in India
 Shortcomings of GDP and GNP
 Why GNH
 CriticalAnalysis of GNH
 Conclusion

3.  What does happiness mean to
you?

4.  Gross national happiness (GNH) attempts to
measure the sum total not only of economic
output, but also of net environmental
impacts, the spiritual and cultural growth of
citizens, mental and physical health and the
strength of the corporate and political
systems.

5. Time use
Living standards
Good
governance
Psychological
wellbeing
Community
vitality
Culture
Health
Education
Ecology
GNH

6. 1
2
3
4
5
6
7
Source-World Happiness Report

8. ‡Sustainable
and equitable
socio-
economic
development
‡Conservation
of the
environment
‡Preservation
and
promotion of
culture
‡Good
governance

9. Twenty Sources of Happiness For
Bhutanese People
Source:www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov

10.  The government is spending about 5.7% of
its total planned budget on health.
 In 2004, Bhutan became the first country in
the world to ban the sale of tobacco.
 In a GNH indicator survey 25.5% of
respondents reported their health as
excellent, 64.1%reported it as good and
66.3% of men and 58.5% of women reported
not having any mental or physical illness
during the 30 days preceding the survey.
Source: Journal of multidisciplinary healthcare

11. Core demographic and health
indicators in Bhutan
Indicators Years
1984 1994 2000 2005 2008
Total fertility rate (births per woman) _ 5.6 4.7 3.0 2.4
Population growth rate 2.6 3.1 2.5 1.3 1.3
Infant mortality rate/1000 live berths 102.8 70.7 60.5 56 49.3
Maternal mortality ratio/100,000 live
berths
770 380 260 440 _
Life expectancy in years _ 49 66 65 66
Source: Journal of multidisciplinary healthcare

12. Per capita
income
Life
expectancy
Infant and
maternal
mortality
rates
Health
coverage
School
enroll-
-ment
Literacy
rates
Environ-
mental
conservat
ism

14. Denmark
 Happiest country on planet
 Ranks frist in Gross national happiness list
 Ranks fourth in Human development index
 1.8/10 inequality ratio
 Free universal healthcare
 Free universal education

18. SWITZERLAND

19.  They're rich
 They live longer
 The chocolate.
 But they aren't fat
 They're smart.
 They don't take sides.
 They're multilingual
 The working hours
 The healthcare

20.  Switzerland has produced 25 Nobel laureates out
of a population of around eight million
 It's very democratic
 Zurich came second in Mercer's 2015 Quality of
Living survey,
 They're always on time

21.  Too many rules
 The wealth gap
 There's conscription
 It's boring

22. NORWAY-a
case study
What can we learn from this
Scandinavian beauty?

23.  World’s highest per capita GDP of $53,000 a year.
 Second-highest level of satisfaction with their
standards of living
 95% say they are satisfied with the freedom to
choose the direction of their lives;
 74% say
other people can be
trusted.

24.  FREEDOM AND INDEPENDENCE
 LAW OF JANTE
 INEQUALITY-A KEY PARAMETRE
 GENDER ROLES
 HAPPY NEW DADS
 FREE FUNERALS
 ALMOST FREE EDUCATION
 HAPPY NEW DADS
 BYE, BYE CARS
 GAY RIGHTS
 THEY’RE RICH
 YOUR SALARY IS NOT A SECRET
Aurora Borealis

25. India GNH, GDP
and HDI
 COMPARISON

26. India ranking comparison 0f
GDP, HDI and GNH
 GDP
2014 •7th rank
2015 •9th rank
2016 •9th rank
 HDI
2014 •135th rank
2015 •130th rank
2016 •130th rank

27. India
GNH
Ranking
2014 •111th rank
2015 •117th rank
2016 •118th rank

28. WHY INDIA RANKS SO LOW ON
GNH?
 40% POPULATI ON SUFFERS
FROM “MULTI DIMENTIONAL”
POVERTY
 Inequality, a key parameter
 GENDER EQUALITY ISAWEAK
SPOT
 INDIA SUFFERS FROM NATURAL RESOURCE DEPLETION ATTHE RATE OF 4.9%
OF GROSS NATIONAL INCOME WHICH MUST BE PLACED
AGAINSTANNUAL GDP GROWTH INTHE LAST 3YEARSOF 5.3%
 INDIA DRAWS 33.9% OF ITS RENEWALWATER RESOURCES EACHYEAR,
COMPAREDTO A MEDIUM CATEGORY AVERAGEOF 13.9% AND CHINA’S FIGURE OF
19.5%
 WE HAVETO UNDERSTANDTHAT GROWTH ACHIEVED ONTHE SAKE OF
ENVIRONMENT AND POOR FOLKS IS NOT SUSTAINABLE

29. Shortcomings of GDP
 From 2004-2014, France’s GDP has increased
by 53.1%
 In 2008, France’s GDP climbed to an all time
high & subsequently dropped
 GDP as an indicator omits any such
unforeseen situations
Few More Drawbacks being:
 Underground/Unofficial economy
 Material well being
Source: www.investopedia.com

30. Why not GNP?
Few Examples
 If we spend more money on lawyers to sue
each other, GNP goes up.
 If crime goes up, we hire more police officers
and buy bigger locks and louder alarm
systems, and the GNP goes up.
 We can spend $120 million per fighter plane
for our national defence, and the GNP goes
up.
Source:www.nscblog.com

31.  GNH stands for the holistic needs
 GNH seeks to promote a conscious, inner search for happiness and
requisite skills
 It supports the notion that happiness pursued and realized within the
context of the greater good of society
 Offers the best possibility for the sustained happiness of the individual
 Measures economic well-being, security & happiness
 GNH Index reflects GNH values, set benchmarks , track policies &
performances of the country
 Public policies based on GNH will be far less arbitrary than those
based on standard economic tools

32.  It is subjective
 More Qualitative than Quantitative
 Definition varies from individual to individual
 Peace & happiness are two important essence
 It has proved no guarantee of individual human rights
 It does not protect diversity
 It has managed to distract attention away from more transparent
and participative attempts to measure well-being
 Not only Economic Development but also Non-Economic factors
of well-being
 India ranks 118th in 2016 in Happiness Index
 In 2015, India ranked 117th
 So for all those who feel that you are happy living in India, this
news will definitely make you feel unhappy

33. Countries Rankings
Denmark 1st
Switzerland 2nd
Iceland 3rd
Norway 4th
Finland 5th
Australia 9th
Israel 11th
Somalia 76th
China 83rd
Pakistan 92nd
Iran 105th
PalestinianTerritories 108th
Bangladesh 110th
India 118th
Few Rankings (2016 GNH Report)
Source:The Hindu

34.  Can we follow GNH policy in India?
 For countries like India it can be a good idea
of combining GDP & GNH together to form a
better indicator
 GNH is more of a micro level concept, so
developed countries seem to be happier as
per capita income and individual welfare is
higher
 Hence for developing countries has to be
quantitative + qualitative concept

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GNH-Index-edited.pdf
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 http://www.forbes.com/
 http://worldhappiness.report/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2016/03/HR-
V1Ch2_web.pdf
 http://www.investopedia.com/terms/g/gdp.asp (GDP)
 http://www.investopedia.com/articles/07/gross-national-product.asp(
GNP)
 http://www.nscblog.com/miscellaneous/gnp-vs-gnh-gross-national-
happiness/ (GNPVs GNH, Case Study of Bhutan, Shortcomings of GNP)
 http://www.investopedia.com/terms/g/gnh.asp (GNH)
 http://www.newsteadwood.bromley.sch.uk/BBC-News-Day-19th-March-
2015/Why_are_the_Scandinavian_countries_are_the_happiest_countrie
s_in_the_world.pdf

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link-gdp-with-gross-national-happiness
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