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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 …

His Majesty The King granted citizenship Kidu to 579 individuals at the Tendrelthang on 24th November 2022. The recipients took part in an Oath Taking Ceremony, and received an Audience with His Majesty The King.  His Majesty The King has granted citizenship to around to 25,000 people till date, in …

Bhutanese World Cup fans can take part in two World Cup events supported by BNB. They can firstly watch live world cup matches for free on a large screen at the volleyball ground in Changlimithang in a collaboration between the Bhutan Football Federation and the Bhutan National Bank. The facility …

Although the Ministry of Health (MoH) completed the required plans and preparations for rolling out the maternity allowance and was supposed to implement the maternity allowance last year, but it was kept on hold over funding issues. During the Question-Hour session in the National Assembly, the Member of Parliament (MP) …

Last week this paper reported that a notification from the Ministry of Finance saying taxes are to only be collected later at the border and point of sale retroactively only once the Tax Bill is passed, would lead to millions in loss of revenue since importers would know the taxes …

The Legislative Committee informed the National Council that the committee retained most of the amendments made by the National Assembly on the Civil Service Reform Bill of Bhutan 2022. However, during the course of deliberation, a few members were of the opinion that Section 31, which was removed by the …

The Economic and Finance Committee (EFC) of the National Assembly which was tasked with looking after the Tax Bill of Bhutan 2022 has a made a major departure from the government’s tax figures. The government put a 20% Sales Tax (ST) on imported pork and chicken and all processed products …

After the presentation of the Property Tax Bill in Parliament a big question on the minds of many Bhutanese will be what the land tax rates will be like for them once the bill is passed, whether the land is in urban or rural areas. The paper found that the …

A few months ago the Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MFA) and the Ministry of Economic Affairs (MoEA) drafted and sent an MoU to Delhi on fuel supply as an effort to have the first ever MoU between the two governments focusing mainly on the consistent supply and also lower pricing. …

The Economic and Finance Committee of the National Assembly presented its review report on the balance of trade in the Parliament today pointing to six major issues. The report was presented by the Chairperson of the Committee, Kinga Penjor, of the Gangzur Minjay constituency. GST Hit The Committee has observed …