BHUTAN TODAY The New Perspective

…𝑾𝒊𝒕𝒉 4,710 𝒓𝒆𝒔𝒊𝒈𝒏𝒂𝒕𝒊𝒐𝒏𝒔 𝒊𝒏 𝒕𝒉𝒓𝒆𝒆 𝒚𝒆𝒂𝒓𝒔, 𝑴𝑷𝒔 𝒔𝒕𝒓𝒆𝒔𝒔 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒏𝒆𝒆𝒅 𝒇𝒐𝒓 𝒓𝒆𝒇𝒐𝒓𝒎𝒔 𝒕𝒐 𝒓𝒆𝒕𝒂𝒊𝒏 𝒕𝒂𝒍𝒆𝒏𝒕 𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝒊𝒎𝒑𝒓𝒐𝒗𝒆 𝒓𝒆𝒕𝒊𝒓𝒆𝒎𝒆𝒏𝒕 𝒃𝒆𝒏𝒆𝒇𝒊𝒕𝒔 By Kezang Choden & Lalit Gurung The Good Governance Committee (GCC) of the National Assembly tabled a motion on calling for the enactment of a Pension Act to address critical challenges faced by the National Pension and Provident Fund (NPPF). The …

…𝑨 𝑪𝒐𝒎𝒎𝒖𝒏𝒊𝒕𝒚-𝑫𝒓𝒊𝒗𝒆𝒏 𝑨𝒑𝒑𝒓𝒐𝒂𝒄𝒉 𝒕𝒐 𝑹𝒆𝒅𝒖𝒄𝒆 𝑹𝒆𝒍𝒊𝒂𝒏𝒄𝒆 𝒐𝒏 𝑰𝒎𝒑𝒐𝒓𝒕𝒆𝒅 𝑷𝒓𝒐𝒅𝒖𝒄𝒆 By Kezang Choden Gakiling and Sangbay Gewogs in Haa Dzongkhag are accelerating efforts to achieve self-sufficiency in winter vegetable production. As part of this initiative, 25 farmers from the two gewogs have been identified to cultivate nine priority vegetable varieties across 20 acres of land. The program aims to reduce reliance …

…𝑻𝒉𝒆 𝒊𝒏𝒊𝒕𝒊𝒂𝒕𝒊𝒗𝒆 𝒉𝒂𝒔 𝒈𝒓𝒐𝒘𝒏 𝒇𝒓𝒐𝒎 𝒉𝒆𝒍𝒑𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝒔𝒊𝒙 𝒔𝒕𝒖𝒅𝒆𝒏𝒕𝒔 𝒕𝒐 𝒕𝒓𝒂𝒏𝒔𝒇𝒐𝒓𝒎𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒍𝒊𝒗𝒆𝒔 𝒐𝒇 𝒐𝒗𝒆𝒓 100 𝒄𝒉𝒊𝒍𝒅𝒓𝒆𝒏 𝒊𝒏 𝒏𝒆𝒆𝒅 By Lalit Gurung What began as a humble effort supporting six students in terms of educational materials, groceries, and pocket money in 2019 has now blossomed into a wider, collaborative community movement. A small but impactful initiative, “Little from the Heart,” founded …

…𝑭𝒂𝒓𝒎𝒆𝒓𝒔 𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝑯𝒆𝒓𝒅𝒆𝒓𝒔 𝑳𝒆𝒗𝒆𝒓𝒂𝒈𝒆 𝑻𝒆𝒄𝒉𝒏𝒐𝒍𝒐𝒈𝒚 𝒇𝒐𝒓 𝑰𝒎𝒑𝒓𝒐𝒗𝒆𝒅 𝑳𝒊𝒗𝒆𝒍𝒊𝒉𝒐𝒐𝒅𝒔 By Tshering Yangden Dagala, one of the remotest Gewog under Thimphu Dzongkhag gets Bmobile network service early this month with the installtiopn five network towers. It is expected to benefit 280 residents settled across five chiwogs namely Chamgang Toey, Chamgang Maey, Wangdrog, Doondrog, and Gyaltala with 95 percent network coverage. Of the …

…𝑷𝒓𝒊𝒄𝒆𝒔 𝑺𝒆𝒕 𝒕𝒐 𝑺𝒐𝒂𝒓 𝒊𝒏 2025 By Yeshey Lhadon Mountain Hazelnuts (MH) reported a total yield of 10.4 tonnes, nearly double the 5.5 tonnes harvested in 2023 marking a significant milestone in the country’s hazelnut cultivation efforts, which continue to expand and thrive across various regions. Among the leading dzongkhags, Lhuentse emerged as the top supplier for the first time, …