The report also advised that issuances of mining licenses be frozen till issues are resolved The National Council (NC) in its comprehensive mining report says existing mines and quarries are not regulated and managed to optimize equitable public socio-economic benefits and also lack environmental soundness. This was one of the …

Prime Minister Lyonchhen Jigmi Y Thinley called off the early dissolution of the government during his State of the Nation address in the Parliament on Monday and said that the government will continue until the completion of its tenure on 20 April. He attributed the reasons to ‘national interest’ and …

Though the Bhutanese economy continues to reel under a severe credit crunch, balance of payment issues and Indian Rupee (INR) shortfall, the Prime Ministers state of the nation report said the size of the Bhutanese economy expanded from Nu 55bn in 2008 to a little over Nu 95bn by the …

During the Meet the Press session of the government with the local media, the Prime Minister and the cabinet ministers addressed media queries which majorly revolved around the theme of ‘how things have wrapped up’ at the end of five years. “The JYT Phenomenon” The Prime Minister in response to …

The state of affairs in the area of law and order was highlighted in the Prime Minister Lyonchhen Jigmi Y. Thinley’s state of the nation address to the parliament on Monday. Lyonchhen’s presentation underlined that the government has provided the Royal Bhutan Police (RBP) every possible assistance and support including …

Though the state of the nation in the last five years may be divided into four pillars and elaborate sub sections, but ultimately the two most important issues are rural development and the state of the economy. On the rural development front, the numbers on minimum programs like farm roads, …

In the wake of rupee crisis, curbing imported vegetables was seen as one of the means to address the problem. However, marketing local vegetables is proving to be challenging. To implement the Plan for Accelerating Vegetable Production and Marketing in 2012, farmers were given incentives to cultivate vegetable especially focusing …

Karma Wangchuk from Gyamshong Village under Tang gewog, Bumthang will be the third National Council (NC) aspirant to declare his intentions for the upcoming elections. The 41-year old Punjab University graduate of 1997 was running his own family business up till now. Karma Wangchuk said “I am interested to serve …

A lone male Tusker, about 50 years old was found dead on 14 February in Allanchibagan under Norbugang gewog in Nganglam. The Range office official said that the Tusker might have been electrocuted at around 9 pm. The Tusker passing by the electric line which carries a high voltage happened …

Bhutanese officials from the National Environment Commission (NEC), Gross National Happiness Commission (GNHC), Department of Energy (DoE), Livestock, and Forestry among others expressed dissatisfaction over the Environmental Impact Assessment (EIA) report presented by SJVNL (Satluj jal Vidyut Nigam Ltd) for the 570 MW Wangchhu hydropower project during a meeting in …