On August 17 I was to turn a year older or perhaps a year more intelligent. I picked up the latter as it made me feel good, better and best. This time around I thought let me treat myself with HAPPINESS as beyond 30s all birthdays somewhere down the line brings the biting gloom to you called ‘dude you are getting older’. And somehow I wasn’t ready for accepting this below-the-belt-blow this time, so I decided to visit a country which is called... (more...)
Bhutan is moving at an unprecedented rate in its pursuance of economic development. We want to be a hub of medical, educational, and financial services. We aspire to be a tourism hotspot. We want to open several sectors to foreign investment. We have already taken upon ourselves to export 10,000 megawatt of electricity to India by 2020. And thus, we are already onboard a commercial flight, airborne, and zooming. In the process, while our end is defined,... (more...)
To combat land degradation, Bhutan has been implementing various programs but most of them have been largely in a piecemeal fashion induced with individual sector plans without a more streamlined macro-level policy or strategic perspective. “In spite of this situation, Bhutan has managed to maintain a relatively healthy environment in line with its philosophy of Gross National Happiness, which promotes the need to balance economic development with... (more...)
One glaring erroneous prediction that the Himalayan glaciers could completely melt by 2035 has led to a chaotic debate about whether the top Nobel prize winning climate research body of the United Nation – the Noble Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) – should be overhauled. Discovering the prediction was faulty about four months ago, the UN initiated a review, the finding of which was released on August 30. The review slammed the... (more...)
The project involves giving fishing rights to 74 Olep households in Wangdue and the initiative could be replicated in the Kheng region as the government says it will improve livelihood and allow the fishing communities to practice sustainable fishing. From Monday, September 6, the 74 Olep households living in five villages under Athang Gewog in Wangduephodrang will become the first village community in Bhutan to be allowed to fish in their local river... (more...)
Three worried director board members of the Bhutan Board Products Limited (BBPL) – all related to each other – sat outside the BCCI hall as a heated discussion that was to decide the fate of one among them raged inside. Despite a weather forecast that predicted rain and dark clouds, the Thursday morning sky was clear for a perfect boardroom drama, an extraordinary general meeting of share holders. It was board member Chhimi Dorji who represents... (more...)
Plan for the development of industrial estates and special economic zones (SEZ) received a boost with the National Land Commission approving 1,185 acres for the country’s largest industrial estate at Jigmeling, Gelephu. In addition, a detailed strategic assessment report for the Dham Dhum industrial estate in Samtse has identified an additional plot for a SEZ and an extended Samtse town nearby. Land acquisition for the smallest Motanga Industrial... (more...)
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