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🇧🇹 PRINCIPLES OF STATE POLICY (Article 9)

1. What are the Principles of State Policy and where are they found in Bhutan’s Constitution?

2. How many Principles of State Policy are there in total?

3. Why are the Principles of State Policy important for Bhutan?

4. What are the main aims of the Principles of State Policy?

5. What does the principle of Gross National Happiness (GNH) emphasize?

6. What does Section 16 of Article 9 say about education in Bhutan?

7. How do the Principles of State Policy guide and limit the power of the government?

8. What does Section 19 say about preserving Bhutanese social and family values?

9. What does Section 23 say about cultural rights?

10. What key rights are promoted by the Principles of State Policy? (e.g. right to work, justice, livelihood)

🌍 CIVIL SOCIETY – THE THIRD SECTOR

11. What is civil society?

12. How is civil society different from the government and the private sector?

13. According to the Civil Society Organisations Act of 2007, which groups are not part of civil society in Bhutan?

14. Why is civil society often called the “third sector”?

15. Why is civil society important in supporting national development?

16. How does civil society fill the gap left by the government and private sector? (Give examples.)

🌱 DEVELOPMENT OF CIVIL SOCIETY IN BHUTAN

17. What was the first formal civil society organisation in Bhutan and when was it founded?

18. Who founded the Royal Society for Protection of Nature (RSPN) and when?

19. When was the Bhutan Red Cross Society (BRCS) founded and what is its main role?

20. What are tshogpas and how do they continue traditional self-