The cabinet in a recent meeting has approved the Performance Management System (PMS) which is expected to roll out in a pilot phase by June 2014 to July 2015 in all government ministries and agencies. It is then expected to be implemented in full from July 2015 till 2018 to …

MoAF to come up with stern laws and levy heavy penalties on culprits Poaching in the country, like in many other nations, is fast becoming rampant with reports of confiscation and clandestine incidents happening frequently. Recently, the police in Gasa and officials of Jigme Dorji National Park (JDNP) arrested a …

The top three common crimes against women, according to police, are battery, sexual harassment, and assault. There is increasing concerns over especially increasing sexual crimes against women. A total of 1,339 cases of different crimes against women were reported to police across the country including anything from battery to sexual …

Good. This government is bring changes according to the ground realities. It should be there till individual level. Sangay Letho This system is nothing new and it is already being prac¬ticed in every government office and organization. Dawa Who is going to verify if progress and outputs shown by the …

The hottest topics of discussion these days, especially in government offices, are the proposed pay hike and house rent allowance for the civil servants. Even in the recent past, when civil service pay hikes was being considered, there was a strong and enthusiastic interest shown by civil servants on the …

A perennial grouse within the civil service is that irrespective of whether civil servants are hard working or lazy they all get the same treatment when promotions are around the corner. This, civil servants say has lead to a system where some people shoulder the majority of the work load …

The Opposition party Druk Phuensum Tshogpa (DPT) has issued a review of the government’s report on its first 100 days in office. This comes six days after the government claimed of having achieved 74 % of its pledges to be delivered at a press conference on November 9. Save for …

The government also mentioned that the rest of the nine pledges are partially fulfilled Prime Minister Tshering Tobgay, at a press conference on November 12, on behalf of the government announced to the media that of the People’s Democratic Government (PDP) government’s 34 pledges, promised to be fulfilled within the …

The Ministry of Health (MoH) will henceforth follow the new design for constructions of Basic Health Units (BHU) across the country in the 11th plan after having found that some of the existing structures are either too small or too big. MoH has now come up with a third design, …

Towards a faster, efficient and transparent delivery of services, the National Land Commission (NLC) launched the Urban E-Sakor and Land Mortgage Systems on November 4 in Thimphu. The services will available for the land owners in Thimphu and Gelephu thromdes and land transactions can be carried out from their own …