According to a reliable source the tariff for the 1,020 MW Punatsangchu II project is likely to be Nu 5.25 per unit. A tariff negotiation team was sent from Bhutan to Delhi with discussions under way on Friday. Initially Bhutan wanted Nu 5.85 per unit while India offered Nu 4.80 …
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On the first day in office in 29th January 2024 the Prime Minister convened a meeting with the cabinet ministers where five executive orders and ten directives were issued to various ministries for expedited implementation. The Bhutanese over the last one month has been collecting updates from multiple agencies to …
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The Thimphu Thromde Education Office and the Ministry of Education and Skills Development (MoESD) identified 5 additional inclusive schools in 2024, and the schools have started admitting in children with disabilities, mainly from Pre- Primary onwards. This issue focuses on the sister schools of Sherabgatshel Primary School (PS) in Dangrina …
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The Royal Visit to Australia was supposed to be a normal one with His Majesty The King, Her Majesty The Gyaltsuen, Their Royal Highnesses Gyalsey Jigme Namgyel, Gyalsey Ugyen Wangchuck, and Gyalsem Sonam Yangden Wangchuck meeting with Bhutanese there. However, the visit turned out to be an extraordinary one. The …
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More details on economic activities, potential investors and TER As a part of the Royal Visit to Australia, the Gelephu Mindfulness City (GMC) CEO, Mun Leong Liew, and his team delivered a presentation on the GMC Master Plan, and discussed how the Bhutanese living abroad could contribute to the project. …
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On 15 October at around 10.30 am in the morning, the Damphu Municipality cut the drinking water supply to a building in Damphu town, Tsirang on the instructions of the Dzongda who is also the Chairperson of the Municipality. The water was cut for two reasons, as detailed out in …
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So far, the delays and failures in the 1,200 MW Punatsangchu I and 1,020 MW Punatsagnchu II projects have all been laid at the floor of ‘Geological Surprises,’ which basically means that whatever happened was not known in advance and so it could not be prevented. The P I project …
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The 2023 Health Survey found 48,325 cases of people with disabilities in age group 5 years and above in the country. The Population and Housing Census of Bhutan 2017 found that 80 percent of children with disabilities (6 years to 18 years) are not in school. While school admission time …
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Bjarke Ingel’s slide and video presentation on the Gelephu Mindfulness City (GMC) at the Bhutan Innovation Forum spelt out some additional details on the infrastructure, monuments and layout of the GMC. The presentation showed that a traditional Dzong will be built on the current Gelephu viewpoint, with a traditional stupa …
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During the Bhutan Innovation Forum session, ‘Harnessing Bhutan’s Renewable Energy Resources,” the Druk Green Power Corporation (DGPC) Managing Director Dasho Chhewang Rinzin was asked by the moderator how the government plan’s to raise 51% financing if it plans to own 51% of all projects. The DGPC MD said that the …
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