WISHES ON HM'S 60th BIRTH ANNIVERSARY

Tribute to His Majesty the Fourth Druk Gyalpo Jigme Singye Wangchuk, and prayer for his LONG and PROSPEROUS life. May Your majesty live long and people of dragon kingdom enjoy everlasting happiness under the leadership of the monarchs. LONG LIVE OUR KING

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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

Thimphu City is loosing its Charm

Thimphu is Bhutan’s capital and is like any other emergent concrete mushrooms in the world, at its crucial stage, at the brisk of bursting its cancerous cells. The capital of this prosperous and happy nation, its pulse is rising and running, racing and booming with the demands of modern life. For the first timers to this town, traffic delay has become a part of driving along this busy street and zebra crossings are clogged with people running to catch their own destination. The city is on a rush to get nowhere yet seems in hurry. People walk with varying speeds- fast travelers are those who needs to catch their destination, window shoppers roam the street with slower pace and slowest are those who has nowhere to go. And like the roads, drains too are bunged with wastes and the city is no more clean with words of 'KEEP BHUTAN CLEAN AND GREEN' everywhere. Like any other city, Thimphu city is no more a place of peace and solitude. The silence of the city once had, has be

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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