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Although the incumbent government claims to have slashed the poverty rate from 23 to 12 percent, however, a survey by the National Statistical Bureau (NSB) has found that 26 percent or one in every four Bhutanese, believe themselves to be in the poor or very poor categories. Of this, around …

A Bhutanese who has a citizenship Identity Card and not younger than 18 years of age on the qualifying date of an election and enrolled in the electoral Roll of a particular Demkhong and possessing VPIC can vote in an election. In the current case, that will be the Primary …

NSB officials say that Labour Ministry’s unemployment rate should logically be higher than that of NSB, as the ministry’s survey is focused more in urban areas with higher unemployment In what may cast serious doubts on the incumbent government’s claims of having exceeded its unemployment target of 2.5 percent, the …

A respected American Novelist Mark Twain once wrote, ““There are three kinds of lies: lies, damned lies, and statistics.” This 1906 line used countless times since may come to haunt the incumbent government, which claimed to have halved poverty from 23.2 percent in 2007 to around 12 percent in 2012 …

The Bhutan Poverty Analysis 2012 report by the National Statistical Bureau (NSB) shows a growing gap between the rich and the poor in Bhutan. Simply put, if the Bhutanese population was divided into five categories, from the poorest to the richest, the gap between the poorer and richer categories is …

Even though the Mongar District Court followed by the High Court upheld Anti Corruption Commission’s (ACC) right to legally prosecute the Gyelpozhing case the DPT manifesto has called it a violation of the Constitution which it promises to address once back in power. The DPT manifesto also touches on how …

In the last five years during the time of the incumbent DPT government’s time there is no denying that Bhutan has been very active on the foreign policy front increasing diplomatic relations from 22 countries in 2008 to around 53 countries now. Bhutan based on its philosophy of GNH moved …

A Druk Green Power Corporation (DGPC) proposal for revision of tariff rates shows that the completion cost for the three ongoing mega projects ,   1200 MW Punatsangchu I (P I) , 1020 MW Punatsangchu II  (P II) , and  720 MW Mangdechu,  will all rise significantly, thereby, increasing the tariff …

In what may come as a bolt out of the blue, especially for those contesting as candidates in the 2013 elections, the Mongar District Court Judge Gyembo Dorji told The Bhutanese that even those who received plots in Gyelpozhing are criminally charged. He said this was because the case of …

The Druk Phuensum Tshogpa (DPT) has filed an official written compliant with the Media Arbitrator, Election Commission of Bhutan (ECB) against anonymous users on social media on charges of being attacked online and criticized. The letter says, “These users are resorting to character assassination, defamation, personal attacks with the use …