In an interesting and indicative move the Indian government on 3rd February 2015 floated a vacancy for the Bharat Heavy Electrical Limited (BHEL) Chairman and Managing Director’s (CMD) post. This is in spite of the fact that the current BHEL CMD’s tenure officially ends only on 31st December 2015 which …

Meanwhile DHI-Infra hands back three Industrial Estates to govt over land ownership and price issues Bhutan’s Industrial Estates, which were mentioned in the 10th plan and expected to be an engine of Industrial growth, could never really take off even after land acquisition mainly due to budget issues as only …

However 3 new Dzongdas to be appointed to fill up vacant posts and some transfers to happen The issue first came up officially in the monthly meet the press on 9th January, when a journalist asked the Prime Minister if the Mongar Dzongda had been ‘surrendered’ to the Royal Civil …

While there have been increasing reports of fatalities and injuries to Bhutanese pilgrims in India, there are also growing accounts of Bhutanese pilgrims feeling duped and cheated on the booming pilgrimage tours organized from Bhutan. The Bhutanese talked to three recently returned Bhutanese pilgrims all of whom had a harrowing …

With the Office of the Attorney General (OAG) formally filing the Lhakhang Karpo case yesterday morning in the Haa Dzongkhag Court, the government sent the Foreign Minister, Rinzin Dorje, on an ‘authorized absence’. This was according to both a press release and a formal press conference held by the Prime …

Media and the Democratic Process The media really took off during March 2008 Parliamentary elections, as for the first time a grueling election process between the Druk Phuensum Tshogpa (DPT) and the People’s Democratic Party (PDP) saw the once mighty pre-democracy ministers going around in the most humble homes and …

For a small Himalayan country mentioned occasionally in the travel sections of the international media, the business focused ‘Vibrant Gujarat’ summit saw world leaders and business tycoons giving the most applause for Bhutan. Major Indian publications and media outlets splashed Prime Minister Tshering Tobgay’s speech on January 11 across their …

One of the issues around the 2014 pay revision report was the proposal to not pay the 20 percent house rent allowance (HRA) to those who are already occupying government accommodation. There were negative reactions on the issue from rural teachers and dzongkhag-based civil servants staying in relatively poor quality …

Background and Evolution of the Bhutanese Media   Media, in a modern sense of the word, started only from the 1970’s onwards in Bhutan.  Media, like much else, took off as a part of Bhutan’s process of planned development and modernization that started from 1962 onwards with the country’s five-year …

Education minister says final decision from BCSEA coming in next one or two days   Though no minister in the monthly, meet the press, said it explicitly yesterday, there was a clear preference from the cabinet and the PM to give the students their original English II marks and then …