Not including P I and P II A budget document or plan document does not reveal much beyond budgetary information of government agencies but this time around the 2024-25 budget document has laid out an ambitious timeline of 11,930 MW of small, medium and big hydro projects. It also lays …
Read More »77% drop in Australia student visas in March and April 2024
The feverish height of the Australia rush is finally over as indicated by the number of education visas issued in March and April 2024. March and April 2024 saw a combined 573 visas granted compared to 2,487 visas granted in March and April 2023. This is a 77% drop in …
Read More »13th plan to be economy focused and responds to mass migration
While all five-year plans have been instrumental in the development of Bhutan, once the basics like water, road, electricity, education and health were achieved the plans seemed to be more of the above and lacked an ability to address the growing economic stagnancy. This may have perhaps been why the …
Read More »Adani Group to be involved in Wangchu project
Gautam Adani, the Chairman of the Adani Group in India set out a tweet around midnight on Sunday saying that he has signed an MoU with the Druk Green Power Corporation (DGPC) for a 570 MW Green Hydro Plant in Chukha. The tweet was accompanied with a picture of Prime …
Read More »The Profile of a Predator
The name of the murderer of 13-year-old Sumitra Chhetri in Pamtsho is Cheten (pronounced Choiten) Tshering. State of mind A psychiatric assessment said that he does not have symptoms of psychic disorder and that he was conscious and rational when he was examined. A source said that there are 100 …
Read More »NA MPs demand Govt give 2,800 cc designated vehicle or Nu 2.5 mn to buy duty car
On 5th February 2024, the National Assembly MPs hade their first plenary session and one of the outcomes of the session was a 14th February 2024 letter signed by the Speaker asking for 2,800cc designated vehicles for MPs as per the Pay Structure Reform Act 2022. The letter was addressed …
Read More »Joint Study finds multiple fractures in Right Bank of Punatsangchu I
Left Bank PHPA 1 Last year Bhutan and India agreed to drill multiple rock samples into the right bank area to check for its stability to see if a dam is feasible or not. Currently the joint Technical Coordination Committee with member from both sides has not finalized its report. …
Read More »First 15,000 Bangladesh tourists a year to be charged USD 15 SDF only
In a major change and development in the tourism sector the government has decided that the first 15,000 Bangladeshi tourists every year will only have to pay USD 15 per day as SDF compared to USD 100 per day now. This is equivalent to what the Indian tourists are currently …
Read More »The ESP arrival, break up and how to avail it
In the Nu 15 billion (bn) Economic Stimulus Fund the main question is on what areas will be used in terms of its break up and how can people access it. The full 15 bn is expected to come in 1 year and a half with 2.5 bn already here. …
Read More »Finance Minister says no law says Bhutanese life is worth Nu 813,000 in helicopter crash case
On 3rd March 2023 Gyem Gyeltshen from Lunana lost his wife and daughter to a helicopter crash and despite an insurance policy of USD 200,000 each being there for each death, the international reinsurance companies have only offered USD 10,000 each. They cited local laws like the Road Transport Safety …
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