For around four months the Department of Trade (DoT) had been trying everything officially and unofficially to get a break up of the fuel prices charged to Bhutan by fuel Oil companies in India. This is especially after the much lower base rate (minus taxes) charged to Indian dealers, and …

Normally, when the Royal Audit Authority (RAA) audits an agency it places accountability at various levels and follows up in the following years. However, the RAA will no longer fix accountability only in its Audit reports via Audit clearances etc, but it is now taking accountability to another level by …

One main evidence used to convict 56-year-old Dil Bahadur Chhetri Neopani (DB Chhetri), former Officiating Principal of Gosarling School, was his written statement to the police on 6 November 2019 on the day of his arrest. He read out the same statement to the police in an on-camera recording, which …

Around 6% of fuel price already goes to dealers to cover costs and returns You may think your fuel price is high enough, but it could go slightly higher if the government approves the recommendation of a government committee to revise fuel transportation rates for tankers of oil distributors. Currently, …

Oil Companies shy away from sharing fuel cost break up Nepal buying same fuel from same companies at cheaper rate than Bhutan Last week, this paper did a story showing the vast differences in prices between what Indian Oil Companies charge fuel pumps in India as compared to Bhutan including …

Outstanding Nu 70 mn BVT Commission not to be paid In August 2021, Bharat Heavy Electricals Limited (BHEL), an Indian Public Sector Undertaking (PSU), had taken Mangdechu Hydro electric Project (MHPA) to Delhi High Court after MHPA said it would deduct Nu 250 mn of BHEL’s Nu 700 mn bank …

Since the first COVID death in 7 January 2021 till the 10th death on 27 March 2022, Bhutan followed the Center for Diseases Control (CDC) USA and the Regional WHO definitions which classifies any death with COVID-19 as a COVID death. Exceptions are made in cases like vehicle accidents or …

A large and recent surge of petrol and diesel prices in Bhutan has not only increased transportation rates, but is having a knock on effect on all other commodities from food to construction materials. The price of petrol in Thimphu is 95.21 and diesel is 100.5 while it is 92.79 …

After crossing several hurdles, the 600 MW Kholongchu had started the process of tendering, but here again disagreements with the Joint Venture partner partner Satluj Jal Vidyut Nigam (SJVN) has held up the project. An official in the know said that it had been agreed that 20 percent of the …

While around 40% of the executives were managed out in the recent leadership assessment exercise, the remaining 60% are very busy these days meeting with Royal Civil Service Commission (RCSC) and each other, including virtually, to carry out a series of transformative tasks assigned to them by the RCSC. Non …