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Electric fencing

Conflict between people and wildlife is recognized as serious issue that confronts the rural communities around the country huge investments has been made in implementing measures to combat the issue. Numerous kilometers of electric fencing has been installed throughout the country with funding from different sources such as royal government of Bhutan, WWF and other private entities. After installing such electric fencing, people perceive that there has been huge benefit to the communities but there is no empirical evidence to prove the benefits. The huge financial and labor costs (guarding and other measures) incurred due to HWC and wild pest attacks lead to revenge killing and hatred toward wildlife (Wildlife Conservation Division, 2013). Most of the rural communities in Bhutan suffer due to damages from wildlife such as losing crops and domestic stock and have destabilized the livelihoods of the people in the rural communities around Bhutan. With the rapidly increasing human popu
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Random Views From Lay Man

For the quest of peace and thirst of happiness, I became a wanderer in the core of thoughts. While wondering thoughts afloat me through the unanswered questions, I always sat back and reflected, but in agony. The typical question that tickles me is the thought on the normative visions of the universe. As more doctors crowds the hospitals, so is the increasing number of patients and the number of vehicles increases faster than the growth rate of the city whose corners are filled with people. While we agree to the visions that we created long before, to conserve our pristine environment, we are on the race to destroy it with empathy. The destruction of our environment are beautifully plated with the gold of economic development, neglecting many unlit homes in the far flung villages of the country. On the race to gain from the so called white gold, we are heading towards a never ending public debt. However, these are the few question on the screen with many still being edited by the few.
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Civil Service in Bhutan

Although there is no generally accepted definition for the “civil service”, it is recognized as the expanding corps of trained human resources in the service of the state in a given area (Meer, Raadschelders, & Toonen, 2015) . Civil service is the main component of modern government and its influences have become important but civil service in the governmental system has grown more difficult  (West, 2003) . The external relationships of the civil service have been changing with its internal characteristics modification in the political systems generally. However, the total work force comprising the civil service has been growing in most countries (Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development , 1999) . Civil servants in Bhutan also grew significantly from few hundreds to 26,669 in 2015. The 2014-2015 annual report on the state of the civil service (2015) shows that there were 26,669 civil servants as of June 2015, with 53% of the total civil servants under professio
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Location: Bhutan
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My Random Thoughts

An advertisement on a social site reads, “When thinking of affordable good-featured mobile phones, Nokia is the brand that comes in mind at first. Nokia is one of the most popular and reliable mobile phone brands all over the globe.”  Ahhhh! I thought. The fashion of carrying such mobile phones is no cooler today.  I-phone and galaxies has taken its toll in the small nation. Our GDP is just the 16% of the world’s average, yet our consumerist thought on gadgets are developing at a faster rate than the per capita GDP growth rate.  Definitely you must have heard the stories of people selling their ancestral land to buy a Prado that rules the road in the modern world. What about the children nagging and tormenting their parents to acquire a branded latest fashion mobile phone? Yes, we undeniably heard the stories but never had we realized that the hard earned money is going waste into such an unpretentious yet unsolicited gadgets. The basic functions of a mobile phone is to communicate
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Affect of modernization and globalization?

Happiness is a desire of every human being and it's the ultimate goal of every living being.  While people may be suffering from a disease of lack of happiness in their organs of social system, Bhutan is not far from happiness. May be one can consider gross national happiness as a utopian idea but happiness does exists in our country and in nerves of every one. We had strong social bond and families were extended with size of almost five families of modern world. That created a sentiment to shoring up each other at all times and taking care of others while they are not very well. Am neither a social scientist nor an enlightened being who can unfold all the knots of social complications and philosophies that of community vitality. I venture to submit the facts that we are undergoing in the era of globalization. I live in a traditional house casting our unique Bhutanese architectural design in the heart of a harmonious village. Its stunning landscape and natural splendor lull me p
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why people are concerned about town expansion and development?

We are losing our agricultural land at a very fast rate. Driven by GDP and propelled by ever increasing population, people moving towards the town and cities are increasing at a very fast rate.  Government is planning for larger cities but it comes at the cost of our valued agricultural land. Bhutan has only 3% of its land under arable conditions. Others are mountains, slopes higher than 30% gradient and forest covering more than 72%. Yet people are enjoying a prosperous and happy life in the land of GNH. More than 80% of the population happily works on their ancestral land inherited generations to generations. But it seems we are losing our minds of propelling towards self sufficiency. Bhutan is a landlocked country situated between two giants in term of population, size, power and economy. Country depends heavenly on neighboring countries especially in the south due to advantage of geographical and political situations. Our plans are toothless without funds from India and we are
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Modernization and Self Sufficiency

Individual's quest for happiness, inner and outer freedom is the most precious endeavor.  It follows then that society's ideal of governance and polity should promote this endeavor of the individuals. The royal government of Bhutan and his majesty the king continues to guide towards the fulfillment of cultural and political changes that drive our country to the future. Bhutan begin its developmental activities since 1961 and by the end of 1990's, king devolved full powers to its people.  Since then Bhutan entered an new era of governance and in 2008 we successfully entered democratic constitutional monarch. It has been two terms with different government yet same Bhutanese that rules our government. A modernization is taking huge thug on to the lives of people in our country. Quest for urban development and expansion of towns ( thromdeys and yenglag thromdeys ) taking quick run along the path of development. It was decided in the parliament and we are all set to develop
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