This Report of the Standing Committee on Water Resources (2021-22) deals with the action taken by the Government on the Observations/Recommendations contained in their Twelfth Report (Seventeenth Lok Sabha) on ‘Flood Management in the Country including International Water Treaties in the field of Water Resource Management with particular Reference to …
This Statistical Yearbook (SYB) Publication is the 31st edition. It is a comprehensive and systematic compendium of basic statistical information on the country’s socio-economic conditions. Beginning from 2013 onwards the Statistical Yearbook of Bhutan will have separate chapter on Environmental Statistics.
Bhutan has drawn up ambitious plans to replace its taxis and government vehicles with electric cars in a bid to make the national capital Thimpu an electric vehicles hotspot and emerge as a global centre for development of green technology. Read more in this November 2013 edition of the Monthly …
That takes the country’s total cases to 346 of which 173 are men and 173 female Health: Unlike the usual trend, four of the 25 new HIV positive cases detected in the last six months in the country are above 50 years. While three of them are men and one …
This Act shall: Be called the Biosafety Act of Bhutan, 2013; Extend to the whole of the Kingdom of Bhutan. This Act shall apply to: All genetically modified organisms; Products derived from genetically modified organisms; All stages of import, export, and direct use of products that have genetically modified content …
Thimphu: Bhutan has drawn up ambitious plans to replace its taxis and government vehicles with electric cars in a bid to make the national capital Thimpu an electric vehicles hotspot and emerge as a global centre for development of green technology. It will replace the 2,500 taxis in Thimphu with …
Dog bites: Dewathang military hospital received five dog bite cases within three hours on a single day last week. Except for one, it was found that all others were bitten by a rabid dog inside the military campus. On the following day, two more were admitted, after they were also …
To determine if earthquake damaged schools need relocation or renovation, a team of engineers from the education ministry will leave, November end, to assess the earthquake vulnerability of schools in five dzongkhags. The two earthquakes in 2009 and 2011 damaged 153 schools across the country, with eastern Bhutan worst affected, …
For seven days, stakeholders will brainstorm for solutions to this vexed problem Workshop: Even as farmers in some parts of the country reap their harvest spared by wild animals, conservation experts have gathered in the capital to “discuss and find solutions” to conservation challenges. One conservation challenge, at least for …
Campaigning along: Forest officials with desuups discuss forest fire prevention measures with Thimphu residents as they did with may others between Kuenselphodrang and Namseling Awareness: From 2012 till date, forest officials recorded 34 cases of forest fire across the country that burnt more than 12,000 acres in the dry winter …
The fund, WB report recommends, should only cater to hydropower debt repayment WB: A recent World Bank report recommends the creation of a savings stabilisation fund to reduce risks related to hydropower debt repayment. The fund, if it is created, would only cater to hydropower debt repayment. The report stated …
World Bank has released a new report -- On Thin Ice: How Cutting Pollution can Slow Warming and Save Lives. The report that talks about ways to mitigate the effects of climate change says fast action to cut common pollutants like soot (also known as black carbon) and methane will …
JNDP: Following a tip off, Jigme Dorji National Park officials and police in Gasa caught two poachers with a Monal pheasant and two musk pods on the night of November 2. The men, 28-year-old, and 18-year-old from Baylakha in Wangdue, were caught around 9pm above Gasa dzong, while they were …
DCCL: The Dungsam project in Nganglam, the country’s largest cement plant, has begun commercial production after an almost two-year delay. Completed at a cost of Nu 10.8B, the plant completed its trial run last month and produced three truckloads of cement to meet its own internal requirements, like building security …
Roosting and foraging area for black-necked cranes in Bumthang should be included in conserved areas, a study conducted on fluctuating population of the endangered bird, recommended. The black-necked crane visits in Bhutan every winter and its major habitats are in Phobjikha and Khotakha in Wangduephodrang, Bumdeling in Trashiyangtse and Bumthang. …
Representatives from 20 cities from across South Asia will come together in Kochi on Wednesday to learn from each other on the issue of adaptation to climate change at the seminar on Asian Cities Adapt: Learning Exchange, co-organised by ICLEI South Asia and Kochi Corporation. The two-day workshop, will present …
Bhutan will have a fully documented realigned national action plan (NAP) to combat land degradation by January next year, which would then be endorsed by the government and submitted to the United Nations convention to combat desertification (UNCCD). Read more in this October 2013 edition of the Monthly Bhutan State …
The fifth South Asian Conference on Sanitation (SACOSAN-V) concluded here today with the signing of the Kathmandu Declaration. Ministers and head of delegates from the eight participating nations of South Asia signed the Declaration, which includes specific points to accelerate the momentum of sanitation in the region. Addressing the closing …
International Finance Corporation would invest in generation and transmission of hydro-electricity in Nepal and Bhutan to foster regional cooperation in the energy sector. Officials in Bangladesh said a portion of the produced hydro-electricity would be supplied to Bangladesh through India. IFC, an independent member of the World Bank Group, would …
In a startling revelation, a report made public during the fifth South Asian Conference on Sanitation (Sacosan) on Tuesday says more than 675 million people in South Asia still practice open defecation. It shows that around half of the total 2.5 billion people without access to improved sanitation across the …
Between 2014-18, the Food and Agriculture Organisation (FAO) will provide assistance USD 4.78M related to agriculture, food and nutrition in Bhutan The FAO country representative in Thailand, Somsak Pipoppinyo, and Gross National Happiness Commission’s officiating secretary, Thinley Namgay, signed the country program framework (CPF) agreement last morning in Thimphu. The …
