For hydro watchers, the November 2014 visit of the Indian President Pranabh Mukherjee, confirmed long standing doubts about the 10,000 MW by 2020 deal between India and Bhutan announced in 2008. Before the ink could even dry on the paper for this 2008 broad 10,000 MW by 2020 agreement the …
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Apart form the above, REDCL loans and PSL has lead to self employment and new jobs Under the Guaranteed Employment Program of the labour ministry, there are three schemes- Direct Employment Scheme (DES), Overseas Employment Scheme (OES) and Employment Skills Scheme (ESP). A total of 5,131 Bhutanese jobseekers were employed …
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All of the above are expected to join PDP in the coming months The Royal Civil Service Commission (RCSC) recently accepted the resignations of five senior executives of the government including the senior-most civil servant- the cabinet secretary Kinzang Wangdi. The Cabinet Secretary’s resignation was formally accepted last week by …
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4 May 2018, Tashichhodzong, Thimphu: The outgoing members of the National Council led by Chairperson Dasho (Dr.) Sonam Kinga, offered Mendrel Ku-Sung Thug to His Majesty The King. The current National Council members will complete their term on 9 May and the third National Council members will assume office on …
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The National Council (NC) elections may have gotten over on 20th April but the campaigning has not stopped with six new NC members openly aspiring for the Thrizin (Chairman) post and another three for the Deputy Thrizin post. The NC elect members from Bumthang, Chukha, Thimphu, Trashigang, Wangduephodrang and Zhemgang …
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On 3rd May, ScanCafe had to let go of 67 employees due to reduction in business. The reduction in volume of business, according to the company, was due to the implementation of stricter privacy laws in Europe with the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) coming into force from 25th May …
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His Majesty The King, His Majesty the Fourth Druk Gyalpo, Her Majesty The Gyaltsuen and members of the Royal Family graced the opening of the 4th Royal Bhutan Flower Exhibition on 25th April at the Thangzona in Punakha. The exhibition this year celebrates Bhutan- India friendship, as the two countries …
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But the problem of widening gap between the five year plan start dates and election dates will only get worse in the long term The government has come up with three options to pass the budget before the upcoming June session of the Parliament. The first is to pass the …
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The budget for the proposed National Oncology Center or Cancer Hospital is Nu 4.499 bn. This proposed budget is inclusive of infrastructure and medical equipment. However, human resources and furniture are not included. During the meeting with the Foreign Secretary of India, Dr. S. Jaishankar on October 3rd, 2017, Prime …
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For first time higher men turnout due to postal ballot facilities 2 women candidates from Mongar and Punakha Only five incumbents make it of the 12 in the final round The 2018 National Council election saw the highest ever voter turn out at 54.3 percent which would higher than 45.15% …
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