Despite repeated reminders and allegations of graft by the community, the former Gup and committee have not yet made the accounts public The people of Debsi under Thimphu Dzongkhag contributed millions to construct a motorable bridge in 2007 but five years down the line the community is faced with a …
Read More »Will the civil service work its magic in 2013?
The civil servants were credited hugely for the Druk Phuensum Tshogpa victory in the 2008 elections; now with increased numbers, will they have a major say in influencing the 2013 election results? The strength of Civil Servants as on 31st December 2011 was 23,151 comprising of 22,170 as regular Civil …
Read More »Winds of Corruption
As the wind of Democracy swept across Bhutan in March 2008, the day of voting was a solemn but hopeful day. There was hope and optimism that under democracy, everyone would be equal before the law, there would be accountability, abuse of power, nepotism and corruption would be curbed and …
Read More »CDG stopped: political gimmick or for fair elections?
The recent decision of the government to discontinue the Constituency Development Grant (CDG) has created skepticism among general public. The questions doing the round are that has the government really dropped CDG as the decision did not go through the Parliament as per procedure, and whether the ruling government will …
Read More »(Draft renewable energy policy) Pvt Sector can now own hydro projects
This is a key policy change as earlier private sector investment and FDI was not allowed in the hydropower sector. In a departure from its past policy the government will now allow Private firms to construct, own and operate small hydro power projects. This is as per the latest …
Read More »Bringing a legislation for education city project was wrong, says opposition leader
About 18 potential bidders from big and powerful Indian companies like Tata, Mahendra, Lanco, Ambuja and Hindustan Construction were amongst others who had shown interest to start the Education City project, but at the end its just one bidder, Infinity InfoTech Parks Ltd which is now collaborating with Infrastructure Leasing …
Read More »The land of scams
The DPT Vice President’s involvement in a 10-acre land grab in Thimphu reveals once again how a powerful few can bend laws to amass assets worth millions overnight. This is corruption pure and simple. Questions now must be asked of the entire land administration system in the country. The fact …
Read More »(Investigation update) All parties except DPT call ACC probe into land scam
Three political parties, the existing PDP, the yet to be formed third Party of Dr Tandin Dorji and the recently announced fourth party have all asked for an ACC investigation into the Thimphu land scam involving the current DPT Vice President, Chang Ugyen. Members of these parties are also questioning …
Read More »Fourth party waiting for ACC to clear ‘political air’ on corruption cases
The fourth party on the block, Bhutan National Party (BNP) or the Druk Mitser Tshogpa, is waiting for the ACC to complete its investigation on corruption cases like the Gyalposhing and health ministry scams as it is necessary to have the 2013 elections on a clean political slate. “The political …
Read More »We are not a socialist party : SDP
The newly formed Social Democratic Party (SDP) is not a socialist party but follows principles of social democracy stressing on justice, freedom and solidarity, the spokesperson Dr Tandi Dorji told The Bhutanese. This clarification comes at a time after certain quarters felt that the party was toeing a socialist line. …
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