The escalating cost of the 10,000 MW projects has been a perennial issue that has featured in the media and public discussion. It has also been mentioned, many times, how majority of the national debt is hydropower debt. The size and number of the projects coupled with escalating costs and …

The Young Volunteers In Action (Y-VIA), Youth Development Fund (YDF) have come to the rescue of a 76-year-old man, Chari, who was living in a dilapidated hut without electricity. Y-VIA of Tsebar Lower Secondary School have built a small concrete house and a pit toilet for him a few days …

Bhutan & Nepal can be First beneficiaries as Hydropower & Solar make the perfect hybrid power trading portfolio for Himalayan region especially Bhutan and Nepal. While, Hydropower offers great potential scope for expansion of the economic contribution to Bhutan, it will be critical that the fledging economy of Bhutan refrains …

Now we understand how our Apex bank is functioning and also why the INR crises occurred. The management should backside their own interest and upfront the nation interest. I doubted the functioning of RMA since import and export had created problem for the nation. By Aito I don’t believe Bhutanese …

This maybe the umpteenth reminder, but the 2013 elections was largely won and lost on the state of the economy. Therefore, it goes without saying that the focus of the new government should be mainly on the economy. In reports emanating from the government there seems to be a lot …

Dear Sir, My chest swelled with pride to learn that Bhutan will be sending three senior officers as part of a UN peacekeeping mission. I felt that a country that has been so dependent on the international community and so vulnerable is coming into its own. It was also a …

I would like to applaud the government for coming up with the Eastern Development Initiative to develop the six Dzongkhags of Eastern Bhutan. The PDP during its election pledges had talked of developing the East and now I am happy to see that in power they intend to keep their …

The Ministry of Information and Communication’s (MoIC) draft Social Media Policy is not only an interesting document but it is also an interesting idea of sorts. Firstly, an immediate response to any world of ‘policy or regulations’ around media or social media invites instant and understandable suspicion. However, the draft …

There can be no denying that apart from a few pockets Bhutan’s eastern region is economically more backward than other regions in Bhutan. There was no historical or political conspiracy behind this, but it was dictated by more practical matters like the tough and unfriendly geography of the place and …

On Vehicle Quota Dear Sir, I was unhappy on learning that our Members of Parliament have no ceiling limit on vehicle quotas. Though there are laws preventing the selling of quota since 2000 as your papers article pointed out it did little to deter both MPs and civil servants. With …