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The Ministry of Home and Cultural Affairs (Dzongkha: ནང་སྲིད་ལྷན་ཁག་; Wylie: nang-srid lhan-khag; "Nangsi Lhenkhag") renamed as Ministry of Home Affairs [1] is the government ministry within the Lhengye Zhungtshog (Council of Ministers) which oversees law and order; the civil administration; immigration services; the issuance of citizenship documents, and other ...
AMS (Agriculture Marketing Service) was established in 2003, and QCRS was renamed BAFRA. After leaving the MoHCA and moving under the MoA in 2003, the DSLR gained independence as the National Land Commission in 2006. In the beginning of 2003, DRDS was divided into DoA and CoRE. They changed the name of the DALSS to DoL (Department of Livestock).
Bhutan is located between the Tibet Autonomous Region of China and India on the eastern slopes of the Himalayas in South Asia. [1] Dzongkhags are the primary subdivisions of Bhutan. They possess a number of powers and rights under the Constitution of Bhutan, such as regulating commerce, running elections, and creating local governments.
The two traditions of traditional and allopathic medicine are fundamental to the history of Bhutan's health services. Few credible accounts exist of the first Indian-trained doctors and paramedics bringing western medicine to the kingdom in the early 20th century, but as early as the 7th century, Bhutanese people were using Sowa Rigpa, or traditional medicine, which is based on Tibetan medical ...
The Driglam Namzha (Dzongkha: སྒྲིག་ལམ་རྣམ་གཞག་; Wylie: sgrig lam rnam gzhag) is the official code of etiquette and dress code of Bhutan. It governs how citizens should dress in public as well as how they should behave in formal settings. It also regulates a number of cultural assets such as art and architecture.
A Bhutanese passport is a document which authorizes and facilitates travel and other activities in Bhutan or by Bhutanese citizens. Foreign travel passports are issued to citizens of Bhutan for international travel by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs. It is valid for all countries unless otherwise endorsed. [2]
Ministry of Works and Human Settlement (Dzongkha: གཞི་རྟེན་མཁོ་ཆས་དང་སྐྱེལ་འདྲེན་་ལྷན་ཁག།; Wylie: gzhi rten mkho chas dang skyel 'dren lhan khag) renamed the Ministry of Infrastructure and Transport [1] is a ministry of Bhutan responsible for quality and sustainable infrastructure, efficient transportation services ...
Long before the enactment of the Tobacco Control Act, Bhutan's government had struggled against tobacco use. In 1916, the first King of Bhutan Ugyen Wangchuck promulgated a ban on the "most filthy and noxious herb, called tobacco." [2] The modern Tobacco Control Act, however, led to controversy because of its harsh penalties.