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After days of suspense the Royal Civil Service Commission (RCSC) on Monday announced that, for the moment, it cannot accept the surrender of the Cabinet Secretary, Secretary of Ministry of Foreign Affairs and the Secretary of Ministry of Economic Affairs. It has, in short, advised the cabinet to pursue the …
Read More »Violence in Assam’s Bodo regions affects Bhutan
Bhutan’s neighbor Assam, or at least its Bodo dominated areas consisting of four districts including adjoining areas are up in flames after 81 people got killed in violence initiated by militants of the National Democratic Front of Bodoland (NDFB-S) of the I.K Songbijit faction on 23rd December 2014. Of the …
Read More »Land Kidu of 123,071 acres granted to 102,336 beneficiaries so far
His Majesty The King granted land kidu to 9,758 beneficiaries from 11 gewogs in Samdrup Jongkhar. The beneficiaries received a total of 15,328.28 acres of land as Kidu, as well as excess cost exemption and refund. With Samdrup Jongkhar, land kidu to resolve accumulated land issues across the country has …
Read More »Cabinet Secretary admitted to not informing Cabinet on CoS issue
Meanwhile a letter and CoS minutes throw more light on the issue A senior Cabinet Secretariat official told The Bhutanese, on the condition of anonymity, that the Cabinet Secretary Dasho Penden Wangchuk in a 9th December 2014 cabinet meeting had admitted to not informing the PM and the Cabinet on …
Read More »His Majesty asks nation to guard against corruption
In a clear and unequivocal message His Majesty the King in the 107th National Day Address said that the highest risk to development in Bhutan is corruption. “Our national development efforts will be hindered by unchecked corruption,” said His Majesty. This strong message of His Majesty the King was also …
Read More »Govt refutes unsigned letter leaked on Social Media
Just a couple of days after the Cabinet announced the handing over of three secretaries; the social media went into a tizzy over a leaked letter allegedly written by MoEA Minister Lyonpo Norbu Wangchuk to the Prime Minister on 24th October 2014 over the Enertia issue. The letter showed Enertia …
Read More »Opposition says reinstate secretaries while Govt says don’t politicize issue
The Opposition party has called on the government to reinstate the three surrendered government secretaries while the RCSC carries out an investigation, effectively adding a political twist to a bureaucratic drama so far. It has also accused the government of not following due process and surrendering the secretaries in a …
Read More »Three Secretaries surrendered to RCSC and Committee of Secretaries discontinued
The government, in a press release issued on yesterday morning, announced its decision to hand over three Government Secretaries to the Royal Civil Service Commission (RCSC), and also discontinue the Committee of Secretaries (CoS). The Secretaries are the Cabinet Secretary, Dasho Penden Wangchuk, Ministry of Economic Affairs Secretary, Dasho Sonam …
Read More »Government hands over BVT and BHEL case to the ACC
In a press release issued by the Cabinet the government has decided to handover the BHEL-BVT case to the Anti Corruption Commission. The release says, “The Royal Government has requested the ACC to undertake an investigation on allegations of corruption on the appointment of Bhutan Venture’s Trading as an agent …
Read More »The letter that got three secretaries to surrender
The Bhutanese is in possession of the letter sent by the Foreign Secretary to the Indian Ambassador on 2nd December 2014. The letter was sent on the instructions of the Committee of Secretaries (CoS) to protest against some news articles in Enertia and allegations of corruption in the hydropower sector. …
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