New Delhi: Bhutan Prime Minister Lyonchhen Jigme Y Thinley will deliver the Prof Hiren Mukherjee Memorial annual parliamentary lecture on December 20 at the Central Hall of Parliament. The theme of the lecture will be Gross National Happiness: A holistic paradigm for sustainable well-being. The function will be attended by Vice-President Mohd Hamid Ansari, Prime Minister Manmohan Singh and Speaker Meira Kumar besides many other dignitaries, according to a release by the Lok Sabha secretariat. Parliament has instituted the Prof Hiren Mukherjee Memorial lecture in 2008 with a view to creating an awareness among all stakeholders of democracy on various issues of critical significance to the polity as was envisaged by Prof Mukherjee all through his public life.
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