
It is the Land of the Thunder Dragon, a creature of Teutonic mythology, usually represented as breathing fire and having a reptilian body and sometimes wings. In fact this dragon is the symbol of their National Flag.
Bhutan lies in the eastern Himalayas, sandwiched between China and India. Inspite of geographical limitations being a landlocked country, Bhutan's people are the world's happiest people. It is the country with least carbon dioxide deposits in the atmosphere.
It has a great legacy of planting a thousand saplings by every pregnant woman before her delivery. Perhaps, this idea is driven by environmental concerns with an eye to have more greenery to make their country the best liveable place on Earth.

To measure progress according to these pillars, Bhutan adopted a development index in 2008 to reflect GNH values, set as benchmarks to track policies and performance of the countries. This index takes into account the GDP per capita, life expectancy, social support and freedom to make life choices as indicators of happiness.
Due to Bhutan's sustained efforts in convincing the world to follow
Gross National Happiness as a barometer to gauge human happiness, United
Nations finally declared March 20 as World
Happiness Day in 2013. An Annual World Happiness Report is
being brought out to gauge countries on Happiness Index,
In 2016 report, Bhutan's rank is at a
comfortable 84, out of 157 countries. Where as India's rank is at 118,
way behind neighbouring countries like China which is pegged at 83, Pakistan
92, and Bangladesh at 110.
The moral of the story is, India
must learn a lot from this tiny Himalayan country !
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