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Decision on RGoB and GoI college students’ stipends to also come soon On 11th July 2019 the Tashichhoeling MP Dil Maya Rai proposed that the stipends of college students be raised from the current Nu 1500 to Nu 2500 and that day scholars be given an additional Nu 1500 for …
Read More »Slowing domestic credit and Indian economy starts to impact Bhutan’s economy
If the land prices and the building frenzy are any indication, then Bhutan’s economy has been enjoying a period of strong growth since the low of 2012-2013. However, the good times may be coming to an end or at least slowing down due to a double whammy of slowing credit …
Read More »Dark clouds gather as ACC is unhappy with OAG’s non-appeal of the JPLP case
ACC files appeal to the Supreme Court and says letters, calls and texts from ACC Chairperson and Commissioner to AG on case went unanswered ACC in a press conference points out that defense law firm of JPLP was formerly owned by AG AG fires back saying non-appeal done based on …
Read More »Bhutan and the death penalty
The death penalty in Bhutan was abolished on 20th March 2004 in a Royal Kasho by His Majesty The Fourth King. The last time the death penalty was imposed was in 1964 as part of a semi-domestic and semi-foreign judicial process in the trial of Chabdha in relation to the …
Read More »Death penalty is not the solution
The Bhutanese Newspaper’s 21st September news article and post on MP Tshewang Lhamo’s view that the Constitution and Bhutan Penal code should be amended to give the death penalty for rape of children under 12 has elicited a lot of debate. Even before her personal views, it was clear that the …
Read More »Tackling crimes against children
With reports of heinous crimes against children every alternate day, it is clear that we have a national and social problem on our hands. The problem has to be tackled at two levels: One is the successful prosecution of the crime and second more important bit is prevention. On the …
Read More »Constitutional provision and 2015 DNT Press release come back to haunt Home Minister
The Thimphu District Court on 27th August 2019 convicted the Home Minister Lyonpo Dasho Sherub Gyeltshen for claiming vehicle insurance worth Nu 226,546 fraudulently. After the verdict the Home Minister did not step down as the prevailing opinion at the time was that he can appel to the High Court within …
Read More »Slowdown in Indian economy to impact Bhutan
Concerns over impact on exports, tourism, more expensive imports and joint projects The first chapter of Bhutan’s National Budget Report for the financial year of 2018-19 says that the International Monetary Fund (IMF) has estimated growth for India to be around 7.3 percent in 2019 and 7.5 percent in 2020 …
Read More »RCSC’s non-action on 4 separate administrative charges against Labour DG may set a precedent
The Royal Civil Service Commission (RCSC) despite a recommendation by the Anti Corruption Commission (ACC) decided to not suspend Sherab Tenzin, Director General of the Department of Employment and Human Resources (DoEHR). The RCSC in a detailed press release cited sections of the Supreme Court verdict in the Gyelpozhing case …
Read More »ACC asks OAG to reconsider dropping of charges against former RICBL CEO
In December 2017 the ACC had forwarded a case to the OAG with the charge that the former RICBL CEO, Namgyel Lhendup has embezzled Nu 237,907 from the Ex-gratia fund and CEO’s public relations fund of the RICBL without authorization from the management committee of the fund. The OAG, two …
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