The Hydropower Committee has identified a slew of technical issues that affect the quality and implementation of hydro power projects. The committee has also called for more Bhutanese participation in the management and construction of these projects to allow for better accountability and capacity building. The Hydropower Committee was constituted …

  2018-19 budget also being prepared for 1st session of the Third Parliament  The new cabinet is in a very busy mode, working overtime attending a week long National Assembly orientation session, getting briefed at their respective ministries and also attending detailed sessions with the GNHC to incorporate the ruling …

One of the main pledges adopted by all four parties in various forms in the 2018 polls was on a civil service pay hike and other benefits like equitable DSA etc. The Druk Nyamrup Tshogpa (DNT), in its manifesto, had pledged two give two pay hikes to civil servants in …

The DNT Spokesperson Dr Tandin Dorji said that the majority of the DNT’s pledges have already been incorporated into the 12th plan. The Gross National Happiness Commission (GNHC) recently did a presentation of the draft 12th plan to the Prime Minister and senior DNT leaders At the presentation GNHC informed …

A major difference between the current Prime Minister Dr Lotay Tshering and his two predecessors before him is that, unlike them, he will not be the DNT Party President. The origin of DNT’s decision to have a separate Prime Minister and President stems from its Party Charter under section 9.2 …

The strong performance of the DPT in the eastern Dzongkhags in 2008 and especially so in the 2013 and 2018 general elections has lead to the popular presumption that the east is a DPT stronghold for a long time to come. This apparent lack of anti-incumbency in the east has …

Marginal increase in turnout in the south and decrease in the west The National Council elections and National Assembly elections in both 2008 and 2013 saw the highest turnout of voters from western and southern Bhutan with these two regions driving up turnout numbers. In stark contrast the eastern Dzongkhags …

James Carville, the campaign strategist of Bill Clinton’s successful 1992 US Presidential campaign, had come up with three slogans for the Democratic party. The most popular was ‘The economy, stupid,’ followed by “Change versus more of the same” and “Don’t forget health care.” In a remarkable coincidence, the Druk Nyamrup …

Also, results show that Eastern Bhutan is not the DPT stronghold that it is projected to be One of the the big revelations of the 2018 primary round was the decisive impact of the postal ballots in deciding the outcome of the primary round. As per the EVM votes in …

Both the Druk Phuensum Tshogpa (DPT) and the Druk Nyamrup Tshogpa (DNT) have stated hydropower as being the most important aspect of their economic pledges. DPT and its candidates have said that that hydropower will be their main tool to achieve self sufficiency by 2025. DNT has said that this …