We had lunch today at Aum Sonam’s house. Aum Sonam, who was a member of the last National Assembly before the introduction of parliamentary democracy, served us a sumptuous meal of kharang, sikam, aima datsi, mushrooms, farm eggs, cottage cheese and papaya.
I enjoyed Aum Sonam’s cooking thoroughly. It was clean, wholesome and traditional. So I [...]
The other day Kuensel reported that: Bhutan’s gross domestic product (GDP) growth slumped to one of its lowest at 5 percent in 2008 despite the Druk Phuensum Tshogpa’s target of achieving a 9 percent growth rate annually.
To this Dr Saamdu Chetri, the head of good governance section in the cabinet secretariat and DPT party member, [...]
So the government has accepted and decided to implement McKinsey’s recommendations for the tourism sector. And it seems like we are paying a lot of money – almost 10 million dollars – to a consulting firm to tell us what we already know. Attracting high end visitors, promoting ecotourism, making Bhutan a destination for international [...]
“Magic!” is how tourists often describe their visits to Bhutan. Druk Air, dzongs, monasteries, farm houses, forests, gho and kira, red rice, mask dances, traffic policemen, archery, Mahayana, GNH, the people … anything and everything Bhutanese completely captivates the visitor. What tourists also love is the exclusiveness of a visit to Bhutan.
So it’s no wonder [...]
The National Graduate Orientation Programme is over. And 1,300 graduates have now entered the workforce. I didn’t get to congratulate them. So I’ve decided to write about what I would have talked about had I been given the opportunity to meet them.
First, I would have talked about employment. Then I would have talked about the [...]
Since the start of planned modern development in our country, one of our biggest constraints to progress has been the consistent shortage of human resources. We simply did not have enough skilled and qualified people required to initiate and sustain development. So when our students studying in India and beyond returned home after they graduated, [...]
Yangphel Archery’s second knockout round began today. The 14 winning teams and 10 “joker” teams from this round will make it to the quarter finals. And the 8 winners plus one joker from the quarterfinals will play the semifinals.
The tournament began on 4th July. And during the last seven weeks 182 matches were played. But, [...]
Recently, on the 9th of August, Kuensel published a story about the Rs. 5 billion that our central bank had borrowed in 2008 to meet the rupee requirements in the country. On that overdraft, our central bank is pays more than Rs. 500,000 every day on interest alone. That same story also informed us that [...]
Last week, the government announced that they “…will be introducing measures to expand the revenue base.” And, that they are “…also considering fiscal incentives to stimulate the private sector growth…” These announcements were made, quietly, in the government’s National Budget for 2009-10. But, the budget report offered no details.
These are significant financial policies. So, our [...]
Our economy grew by 8.1% last year. That’s not the 9% growth per year promised by DPT. But, given all that happened in those 12 months, from a host of national celebrations to the global financial crisis, 8.1 is really not too bad.
The share of the primary, secondary and tertiary sectors to our GDP are [...]
Tshering Tobgay is a Member of Parliament representing Sombaykha Constitutency in Haa. He is the Leader of the Opposition Party in the National Assembly of Bhutan.
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