BHUTAN TODAY The New Perspective

The Weekly Editorial The celebration of the Hindu festival Dassai, or the festival of the good over evil, has become an integral part of our culture in recent times, and the government has even declared the day a national holiday. While Bhutan is considered largely dominated by Mahayana sect of Buddhists, our constitution has mandated to protect all religions and …

This project will benefit over 10,000 households with 30 percent of the beneficiaries being women By Tashi Namgyal The World Bank has developed a Resettlement Framework (RF) for the 8 million dollar Food Security and Agriculture Productivity Project (FSAPP) which was launched in 2017 in Bhutan. The RF will cover implementation modalities for Additional Financing (AF) to the Project with …

WFP study on the impact and plan of action for potential earthquakes is the first ever model in Bhutan for humanitarian planning By Tashi Namgyal The Himalayan region has amongst the highest earthquake risk globally, with recent moderate-sized events resulting in tens of thousands of casualties. Despite this, understanding of earthquake risk in the region is limited, particularly in Bhutan, …

By Chimi Wangmo The Royal Monetary Authority (RMA), in the 2nd quarter of 2021, recorded a total of 35.81 million transactions worth Nu.177.23 billion which were made through the digital channels. This is an increase of 12.19% and 6.12% by volume and value respectively compared to the previous quarter. Further, a significant increase of 175.72% was observed in the Payment …

Increasing national debt and fiscal deficit prompts the question whether Bhutan is a spendthrift By Tashi Namgyal The government will only have around Nu 1.3 million at their disposal in the form of capital expenditure during this fiscal year. Attributed to mounting expenditures as against the income over the last couple of years, the fiscal year 2021-22 has projected the …