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Recently, when the Tashi Bank stopped giving its education loans there was a lot of speculation that the Royal Monetary Authority (RMA) had stopped the loan to discourage people from going to Australia. However, a RMA official clarified that there was no such order from the RMA to T-Bank. The …
Read More »Leaked Civil Service Reform Bill leads to debates among Civil Servants but RCSC explains how changes are deeper beyond physical restructuring
A leaked copy of the Civil Service Reform Bill 2022 which was widely available on WhatsApp has lead to some discussion among civil servants. The Bill lays out the much anticipated restructuring of the civil service in terms of doing away with the Ministry of Labour and Human Resources (MoLHR) …
Read More »Civil Service reorganized into 4 Clusters of Governance, Economy, Social and Security across ministries with a Coordinating Secretary heading each one
One of the major changes coming out of the civil service reforms are the creation of new positions called ‘Clusters’ and ‘Cluster or Coordination Secretaries’ who are proposed to be in charge of the four clusters of Governance, Economy, Social and Security cutting across ministries. The Royal Civil Service Commission …
Read More »New NLC rules raises the bar for govt agencies to acquire private land
Also gives more rights to private landowners than before One of the unspoken fears of a private landowner in Bhutan is to have his or her land being acquired by the government for some local or national project. However, the new Land Acquisition and Compensation Rules and Regulations, 2022 (LACRR …
Read More »Hefty fines for encroaching on Govt land
Encroaching on government land is almost a national past time in Bhutan with around 7,000 such known cases of clear encroachment prior to 2019. Private fences or boundaries seem to mysteriously move on their own into government areas, and after a few years the encroacher will be found proclaiming how …
Read More »Bhutan welcomes tourists back again with 119 tourists on day one
According to the Tourism Council of Bhutan (TCB), flights from Kathmandu, Delhi, Bangkok, and Calcutta, brought in a total of 120 foreigners at Paro International Airport yesterday but not all were tourists. There were 89 tourists among them with the other 30 coming via Phuentsholing meaning 119 tourists in total. …
Read More »20,522 Australian Visas Granted to Bhutanese from FY 2005-06 to 2021-22
While opinion and facts may differ, hard data tells its own story and the data on Australian visas granted to Bhutanese over the last 17 years show that the rush of Bhutanese to Australia has been building up pace over time starting from as far back as 2005 onwards. The …
Read More »More than a thousand Bhutanese got Australian PR in last 10 years
While Bhutanese have been going to Australia in large numbers over the years to study and work, there has been a sharp uptick in not only Bhutanese going there in recent years, but also in numbers availing the Permanent Resident (PR) visa which allows Bhutanese to stay permanently in Australia …
Read More »JDWNRH down by 10 doctors
2 specialists and 5 doctors take EOL from JDWNRH, 2 retire and 1 resigns A total of 5 General Duties Medical Officers (GDMO) and Medical Officers or doctors, 2 specialists, a pharmacologist and a chest physician have taken the Extra-Ordinary Leave (EOL), 1 regular GDMO has resigned and 2 doctors …
Read More »His Majesty in Delhi
His Majesty The King arrived in Delhi on 14 September and granted an Audience to the Prime Minister of India, Narendra Modi. Prime Minister Modi received His Majesty at his official residence at 7, Lok Kalyan Marg. His Majesty and Prime Minister Modi discussed issues of mutual interest, and reaffirmed …
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