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Twenty-seven second – hand CGI sheets, 50 kilograms of rice, three bed sheets, one school bag and a Tiffin-box. This was the cost of 14-year-old Sunil Limbu from Tendruk gewog, Samtse whose mother allowed 40-year old Phub Nidup originally from Haa but now resettled in Samtse to hire her son. …
Read More »Army planning to get rid of orderly system, Goongloen says it will take time
The orderly system in Bhutan was a topic much discussed after an officer at Paro manhandled and beat up his orderly. The Bhutanese which received a call from the orderlies to highlight their problems talked to the Goongloen (Army General) Dasho Batoo Tshering who said, “To be honest, we are …
Read More »Bhutan faces domestic credit crisis as banks freeze loans
Financial Institutions say they may not be able to issue any new loans for months and even years under RMA’s latest liquidity or borrowing restrictions. This comes in the backdrop of the already existing housing and transport loan restrictions. Bhutan’s Financial Institutions are heading for a deep freeze as a …
Read More »Indian ambassador assures government of GoI’s support during rupee crisis
The Indian ambassador to Bhutan, Pavan K Varma, said that the Government of India (GoI) will standby Bhutan to help tide over the rupee crisis. This, the Indian ambassador highlighted in an interview with The Bhutanese. The Ambassador said “Bhutan enjoys bipartisan support across political parties in India and India …
Read More »Education City Project bid ratified by Cabinet
Bhutan’s Education City Project, an ambitious scheme incepted two years back is finally moving forward with the project bid further ratified by the Cabinet as per the Private Participation in Infrastructure (PPI) framework policy. The bid has been awarded to the consortium bidders, Infinity Infotech Parks ltd and ILFS (Infrastructure …
Read More »Guilty officials go scot-free and land recovery still at large
The High Level Committee report of 2003 brought to the forefront 45 cases involving influential people and hundreds of acres of grabbed land in Thimphu. However, an investigation by The Bhutanese has shown that no serious action has been taken against the land officials, Dzongdas and Drangpons involved. This paper …
Read More »Land taxes being revised to ensure equitable distribution
National Land Commission (NLC) is in the process of revising the land tax rates in both rural and urban areas with the aim of generating revenue, preventing speculation over land, and also concentration of land holdings in a few hands. The rates are yet to be finalized and will have …
Read More »Law comes into conflict with Constitution on nature of PIL
Article 7 Section 23 of the Constitution states that every Bhutanese shall have the right to file a Public Interest Litigation (PIL) if it fulfills the criteria required by the court but according to an eminent judicial expert from the Thimphu district court there are no specific legal provisions relating …
Read More »Seven companies booted for non-compliance with company rules
Seven registered companies in the country were dissolved with effect from February 1, 2012 after they failed to comply with ‘The Companies Act 2007’ and operational rules. These companies had registered with the Company Registry Division (CRD), under Department of Industry, Ministry of Economic Affairs (MoEA). The companies dissolved are …
Read More »Hundreds of acres in Thimphu confiscated from illegal land owners
Of the total 45 cases in the 2003 High Level Committee report on land grabs and excess land in Thimphu around 35 cases involving mainly high profile people were reported as solved as of 2007. The report also looks at how careless government institutions were by not registering their own …
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