The Bhutanese Leading the way.
The recent doubling of LPG gas price and the tripling of Kerosene price in Bhutan due to the withdrawal of subsidies by the Government of India (GOI) will hit many household budgets hard, particularly the families that survive on a shoestring budget, which would constitute the majority of the Bhutanese …
Read More »Letter to the Editor
Response to, “Imprisoned under Tobacco Act, Sonam Tshering says ‘one country two laws’ is a reality” Well said, Sonam, and very true indeed. I fully sympathize with you. No words, money or any substitution can bring back your prison years but this is GNH country where laws are for two …
Read More »A look at the assets of the two party presidents
The combined assets declared by the DPT president Jigmi Y Thinley and the PDP president Tshering Tobgay amount to around Nu 500 mn. Of this the DPT president and his family (includes wife and children) own assets worth around Nu 493 mn while the PDP president and his family (wife …
Read More »The wealth of DPT and PDP
The collective assets of the DPT candidates are around Nu 1.720 bn approx and their richest candidate going by sheer value of assets is the DPT President Jigmi Y Thinley at Nu 493 mn. This is mainly on account of landholdings by him and his family members. The collective assets …
Read More »Ministry of External Affairs of India ‘advised’ IOC to withdraw LGP and Kerosene subsidies to Bhutan
The Bhutanese has found that the withdrawal of LPG and Kerosene subsidies might very well be a diplomatic measure taken by the Government of India. This comes to light because of the letter sent from the Indian Oil Corporation (IOC) to the Government of Bhutan that says, “The Ministry of …
Read More »Bhutanese politics threads a dirty path
If people thought politics has left behind a bad impression in the villages and communities before, this year the situation has only worsened in certain communities. Graciously enough, there are a few villages where political infestation has not stirred any communal disharmony. From what can be deduced from transpirations happening …
Read More »Candidates make best pledges in Paro
The public debate for the Lamgong-Wangchang constituency in Paro was a regular affair, as far as public debates go. Except for a few suggestive terms that tugged at respective party’s shortfalls, the rest of the evening was routine familiarization of manifestos, ideologies, and pledges. The Druk Phuensum Tshogpa (DPT) candidate …
Read More »Social capital in the context of GNH
Social capital is defined as the network between the individuals, such that you help an individual with reciprocity effect – creating common benefits. For example, the help you render during a funeral arrangement of a person results in gaining the social capital. Social capital is important in Bhutan because such …
Read More »The statement was made in light of recent statements from few DPT candidates on the general election results
PDP President says DPT is desperate In a rebuttal to recent statements made by a few Druk Phuensum Tshogpa (DPT) candidates that DPT will be the ‘undisputed’ winner of the forth coming general elections, the People’s Democratic Party (PDP) president Tshering Tobgay labeled it as desperation to cling on to …
Read More »The party candidates pledge to reclaim Haa Dzong
A common point of agenda promised by both the Druk Phuensum Tshogpa (DPT) and People’s Democratic Party (PDP) candidates from the Bji-Katsho-Uesu constituency was the reclamation of the historical Haa dzong The candidates started their common forum by thanking His Majesty the King, the monk body, and greeting people gathered …
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