The Royal Civil Service Commission (RCSC) led the reorganization of the civil service agencies along with a group of executives, and has come up with proposals aimed at bringing about a lot of changes in the structure of the 10 ministries and other agencies. The changes The main proposal is …

With tourism opening in Bhutan on 23rd September 2022, under the new USD 200 Sustainable Development Fee (SDF), there are already Bhutanese tour operators selling discounted packages after paying the SDF. Discounted package For example, a tour operations company in Nepal that sells tour packages for a Bhutanese tour operator …

In the second meeting between the government, private sector and Financial Institutions on monetary measures, the entire Royal Monetary Authority (RMA) team was absent. The RMA instead had sent a note to the Ministry of Finance (MoF) either shooting down all the requests put forth by the private sector in …

With around 12,000 to 15,000 Bhutanese in Australia and growing, and the largest source of remittance, the importance of the Bhutanese community in Australia and the country of Australia itself cannot be understated. This is where the Royal Bhutanese Embassy in the capital city of Canberra comes into play as …

Bhutanese community leaders meet and discuss in Perth The USA may have experienced the California Gold Rush in the mid 19th century, but Bhutan is experiencing its very own ‘Australia Rush’ that started as a trickle around a decade ago, but is now a mighty and roaring river. The city …

Certain provisions of the Royal Civil Service Commission’s (RCSC) new rules for civil servants called Rules for Administrative Disciplinary Actions (RADA) that limit the ability of civil servants to share information or express themselves has set the cat among the pigeons not only among civil servants, but also media professionals. …

As part of the larger reforms a committee in the Ministry of Finance is studying the concept of ‘Clean Wage,’ system that provides a comprehensive pay package free of allowances, both open and hidden. The aim is to bring in transparency, motivate the civil servants and also change their behavior …

If the two most wasteful budget heads can be identified under the annual budget head of the government then they would probably be the short term trainings or conferences in luxury hotels in Paro and Punakha where the outcome is usually questionable, and also the endless number of consultants hired …

The Ministry of Economic Affairs (MoEA) has drafted a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) for the sale of fuel from India to Bhutan that primarily aims to change the current set up and reduce fuel prices in the process. The aim is to get this MoU signed at the government to …

In yet another instance of duping people over land deals, Phajo Nidup, in mid 2021 had entered into a legal agreement to buy 4 acres of land in Kabesa, Thimphu from local resident, Dawa Zangpo, for Nu 170 million (mn) , but Phajo paid only Nu 800,000 or Nu 0.8 …