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The catch is that the performance based allowance has been increased In what will be welcome news for 6,627 employees of Druk Holdings and Investment (DHI) owned companies, the DHI board has approved a pay hike of 24.5 percent to 32 percent. The hikes have been applied in a staggering …
Read More »MP’s vehicle quota not yet cleared but MPs already driving imported Prados
While the civil servants have to patiently wait for their quotas before buying vehicles, some Members of Parliament (MPs) have already gone ahead and imported their Toyota Prados on quota, even without the Ministry of Finance (MoF) issuing vehicle quotas for MPs as yet. The MoF has not issued vehicle …
Read More »BHEL CMD’s tenure being reviewed by Indian govt
In an interesting and indicative move the Indian government on 3rd February 2015 floated a vacancy for the Bharat Heavy Electrical Limited (BHEL) Chairman and Managing Director’s (CMD) post. This is in spite of the fact that the current BHEL CMD’s tenure officially ends only on 31st December 2015 which …
Read More »RBP says national crime rate has dropped by 15%
The nationwide crime rate has dropped by about 15% in 2014, as declared by the Royal Bhutan Police (RBP) in a press conference on February 12. 2775 crime cases were reported in 2014, showing there were 513 fewer crime cases in 2014 compared the 3288 crime cases reported 2013. The …
Read More »First hearing of the Lhakhang Karpo case
The first hearing of the Lhakhang Karpo case was held on 9th February in the Haa district court where the Office of the Attorney General listed out the various charges against the seven defendants in the case. The Foreign Minister who is on authorized absence was charged with two cases …
Read More »Two adults and 8 candidates involved in English II paper leakage to face action
Meanwhile students have done better this year with a higher pass percentage The Bhutan Council for Secondary Examinations and Assessment (BCSEA) has asked for the appropriate professional agencies, like the Office of Attorney General, Cabinet Secretariat and the Police, to take appropriate legal or administrative action on the two …
Read More »Indian and Thai tourists top visitor’s list to Bhutan
Indian tourists were the dominant visitors last year according to the records maintained by the Tourism Council of Bhutan (TCB). 62,129 Indian tourists arrived in the country, the highest number of tourist arrival. Also last year, there were 12,105 Thai tourist arrivals in Bhutan, placing them in the second position. …
Read More »Majority of suicide victims are rural, married, depressed, young and poor: Govt Report
361 suicide cases from 2009- 2013 Dzongkhag Number of completed cases Number of attempted cases Bumthang 5 0 Chukha 39 1 Dagana 15 1 Gasa 0 0 Haa 1 1 Lhuntse 6 0 Mongar 22 0 Paro 15 2 Pemagatshel 13 0 Punakha 13 1 Samdrup Jongkhar 13 0 Samtse …
Read More »MoEA aims to get 4 Industrial Estates in line by 2017
Meanwhile DHI-Infra hands back three Industrial Estates to govt over land ownership and price issues Bhutan’s Industrial Estates, which were mentioned in the 10th plan and expected to be an engine of Industrial growth, could never really take off even after land acquisition mainly due to budget issues as only …
Read More »PM, RCSC and Mongar Dzongda say ‘surrender’ rumors untrue
However 3 new Dzongdas to be appointed to fill up vacant posts and some transfers to happen The issue first came up officially in the monthly meet the press on 9th January, when a journalist asked the Prime Minister if the Mongar Dzongda had been ‘surrendered’ to the Royal Civil …
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