Land transactions System

February 11 – ‘E-Succour’ in the near future will allow Bhutanese to make buy, sell and also inherit land at the click of a button online. In the first step towards this, the national land commission (NLC) has installed a data centre or large computer memory in its building in Thimphu. “We’ve already entered most of the information on individual thrams, digitised survey maps, cadastral survey maps and topography maps into the data centre,” said Dorjee Tshering, head of the... Read more

Tata interested in Bhutan’s development

February 11 – Tata group would like to increase its presence in Bhutan in areas beyond hydropower projects, and not necessarily for money, the chairman of India’s industrial and commercial giant, Tata group, Ratan Tata, told Prime Minister Jigmi Y Thinley. Calling on the prime minister in Gyalyong Tshokhang yesterday, Ratan Tata said that Tata Group has always looked at national development as more important than running business. He said he appreciated Bhutan’s desire to maintain its traditional... Read more

Helvetas handover

February 11 – The ambassador of Switzerland to Bhutan, Philippe Welti, will formally hand over buildings constructed under third phase of the Swiss agency for development and corporation (SDC) to the vice chancellor, royal university of Bhutan, Dasho (Dr) Pema Thinley, today at the Paro college of education. SDC has been a partner of the education ministry for several decades in building largescale infrastructure support, human resource development, curriculum review and development, and building... Read more

Total Solution Project NIIT

February 8 – The chairman of Indian ICT giant NIIT, Rajendra S. Pawar, and Prime Minister Lyonchhoen Jigmi Y. Thinley met in New Delhi, India, to take the Nu 2.05 billion Total Solutions forward. The project, funded by the government of India, is aimed at creating a knowledge-based Bhutanese society by harnessing information and communications technology. The Information and Communications Secretary, Dasho Kinley Dorji, who also attended the meeting today along with the Bhutanese ambassador... Read more

The last bastion of the hornbill

February 8 – Bhutan’s forests provide a safe haven for the rufous-necked hornbill, a bird that is classified vulnerable by the international union for conservation of nature (IUCN) and Birdlife international, according to a Thrumshingla national park official. The hornbill, a big bird with an impressive curved bill and block-like casque on top of the head and bill, is found in Bhutan, Myanmar, China, Thailand, Laos, Vietnam and northeast India. It has suffered a huge population decline,... Read more

DHI’s Nu 52 billion investment plan

February 5- The Druk holdings investment (DHI) and its companies are planning a Nu 52.614 bn investment for various projects and plans in four years, from 2010 to 2014. The respective boards of the companies have already given their approval, while the DHI board recently gave an ‘in principle approval,’ now to be followed by consultations with the finance ministry. With Nu 28.464 bn, Bhutan power corporation (BPC) has the largest investment outlay. Of this Nu 15.677 bn will go towards construction... Read more

Open season for bank employees

February 5 – With Druk Punjab national bank (DPNB) now open, the country’s first two commercial banks have lost a number of customers both old and new. But a few employees from both BoB (bank of Bhutan) and BNB (Bhutan national bank) also joined the migration to DPNB, causing one bank to step up measures at retaining its staff. BoB, a Druk holding and investments subsidiary, recently introduced an education scholarship program for its employees in a move to bond them to the company. The company... Read more

Bhutan gets more IMF votes

February 5 – Bhutan is on its way to getting more voting rights in the international monetary fund (IMF) with a reform in the organisation’s quota and voice system. Bhutan is one of 186 member countries of IMF, which is an international institution meant to oversee the stability of the global financial system and also provide highly conditional loans in case of balance of payment emergencies or economic crisis. “More votes is important because you can withdraw more money if need be, have... Read more

PM leaves for New Delhi

February 4 – Prime Minister Lyonchhen Jigmi Y Thinley is leaving the kingdom today (February 4) to attend the Delhi sustainable development summit (DSDS) 2010, being convened in the Indian capital from February 5 to 7. DSDS 2010 is touted as the first major gathering of leaders, drawn from every part of the globe and from every sphere of human endeavour, to focus on new pathways the world is expected to explore and move along as a consequence of the Copenhagen conference of the parties in December... Read more

GoI funds for gewogs

February 4 – About 441 projects that include building farm roads, rural water supply schemes and basic health and education infrastructure in all 205 gewogs should begin immediately with the Indian government releasing Nu 394 mn yesterday. The ambassador of India to Bhutan, Pavan K Varma, handed over the cheque of Nu 394 mn to prime minister Lyonchhoen Jigmi Y Thinley as mobilisation advance to start implementing the projects, which constitute the first lot of small development projects (SDP)... Read more

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