His Majesty The King’s Royal Address at the opening of the recent Parliament session is the most honest assessment to date of our nation’s situation. The frank views from the very top coupled with the Transformation Reforms should make every Bhutanese do an honest reassessment of where we truly are …

There are a host of online services available under G2C or Government to Citizen Services covering around 17 broad areas from getting passports to paying land taxes. However, while the services on a whole are working especially ones like the online Security Clearance Certificate and others which has made life …

In most Parliaments around the world, if the government had introduced a Tax Bill and Property Tax Bill just a few months before elections then it would be the opportune time for party politics and political grandstanding in the Parliament. However, things played out very differently as it was difficult …

ACC investigating the procurement deal which violated procurement norms Sources say specification of the machine should have been higher for better outcomes In June 2016, there was an agreement signed between the Jigme Dorji Wangchuck National Referral Hospital (JDWNRH) and Care Australia, Kolkata of 12 years timespan to install and …

A few months ago, the Royal Audit Authority (RAA) had issued an audit report to the Jigme Dorji Wangchuck National Referral Hospital (JDWNRH), saying that the former JDWNRH President Lhab Dorji had misappropriated Nu 6.441 million (mn) meant for the Patient Welfare Fund. The RAA report said that during the …

The Royal Civil Service Commission (RCSC) is in the midst of reforming the Performance Management System (PMS) to measure the performance of civil servants, and at the same time, ensure better accountability by working closely with senior executives. However, there are already online accounts of civil servants complaining about their …

One of the biggest changes in the Civil Service Pay Restructure Bill passed by the Parliament is the Performance Based Incentive (PBI) where civil servants can get additional pay over their normal pay for good performance. The PBI is linked to national, organizational and individual performance and could be up …

On 25 November 2022, the Royal Civil Service Commission (RCSC), appointed the four Coordinating Secretaries to head the Committee for Coordinating Secretaries (C4CS) and the four clusters of Governance, Economic, Social and Security. The 4 Coordinating Secretaries and their areas The Governance Cluster will be headed by the Cabinet Secretary, …

In the recent Civil Service Pay Restructure Bill discussions in the Parliament, the National Assembly (NA) first inserted duty vehicles for MPs equivalent to Secretaries (Toyota Fortuner) mainly in response to their Nu 1.5 million (mn) Prado quota being removed. In return, they gave up their claim to the Nu …

With the Civil Service Reform Bill passing in both Houses of Parliament, an important provision in its section 35 states, ‘The Royal Civil Service Commission may recruit Civil Servants on contract if required in accordance with the Bhutan Civil Service Regulations.’ While RCSC already hires junior staff, teachers and others …