DEMOCRACY IN ACTION

Responding to the question on the status of the Government’s pledge of maternity allowance, the Health Minister reported that the required plans and preparations for rolling out the Maternity allowance is almost completed and it will be rolled out within a year. The Minister informed the House that the “Accelerating …

The motion was moved by Ugyen Dorji, Dewathang-Gomdar constituency MP for the government to institute a system of reviewing the retirement age of civil servants from time to time; and to raise the retirement age for all categories of civil servants to 60 years. He cited examples of how the …

During the Question and Answer Session in National Assembly, Member of Parliament (MP) of Wamrong Constituency Karma Thinley said due to the deterioration in economic situation in the country, unemployment issues have further worsened. Therefore, Technical and Vocational Education and Training (TVET) programmes have also been started. He requested Labour …

During the Fourth Session of the Third Parliament, Member of Parliament of Nanglam Constituency, MP Choida Jamtsho highlighted on the shortages of health specialists across all dzongkhags and regional, and other hospitals. The MP said currently, the country has 13 Gynecologist specialists, 15 medical specialists, 15 surgeons and 12 pediatricians. …

Knowing the impact of COVID-19 on entertainment centers in the country, the government is under discussion on resuming the entertainment centers. Entertainment centers were closed for more than six months leaving both the employee and employers jobless. Lyonchhen Dr Lotay Tshering said that they are studying and discussing on the …

During the question and answer session in National Assembly, Bartsham Shongphu MP Dr (Ph.D) Passang Dorji raised a question on the status of the development of Samtse dzongkhag as Thromde A in the House which was announced during the First Session of the Third Parliament. In response, The Prime Minister, …

Digital Identity (ID) is one of the main results focused under the main Digital Drukyul Flagship Program of Nu 2.557 bn as the fund also covers results such as Institutionalizing e-Patient Information System, creating Digital Schools, Integrating e-business services (business licensing and Single window for trade), Land records, tax information etc. …

A total of 386 COVID-19 cases have been reported so far in the country as of 24th November, 283 male and 103 female. 62 percent are Bhutanese and 38 percent are Non-Bhutanese so far. From  the confirmed cases, 56 percent of cases were detected from quarantine facilities and almost 43 …

As compared to many other sectors which have been affected by the COVID-19 pandemic, many ICT companies stated that they were comfortable enough and in fact, these companies stated that they saw future opportunities.  The Thimphu Tech Park Limited (TTPL) showed positive employment growth during the COVID-19 pandemic, even though …

As per the data from Royal Bhutan Police (RBP), the Check-Post Management System (CMPS) for inter-district movement 11 September to 12 November sawcmore than 1 million registrations by people and more than 400,000 vehicles also registered. In the same time frame, 8,747 people have travelled from high risk areas (Samtse, …