Category: Economy

Government decides against NZ job offer

The Bhutanese government decided against sending any Bhutanese to work in New Zealand farms. There was a demand for 2000 Bhutanese in New Zealand. The government said, the decision was taken because the jobs offered were for low skilled labourers. I am bit surprised if Bhutanese farmers were that...

Australia-based NRNs calls for investment friendly environment

Non-resident Nepalis (NRNs) and friends of Nepal in Australia have called for proper environment to invest in Nepal. During a consultation organised by the embassy of Nepal and its consulate in Victoria on Saturday to mark the 50th anniversary of Nepal-Australia bilateral relations and promote Nepal Tourism Year 2011,...

SA budget 2011-12

The federal budget was not much interest for me but state budget brought be closer. As always, since my career started, keen on national budget. That’s why I am waiting Bhutan’s national budget as well, later this month. Here in South Australia, Treasurer Jack Snelling’s presented his first State...

Second hand business

While I closely watch Bhutanese buying and selling second hand goods through social media facebook, I have the first hand experiences of such business here in Australia which impressed me. Second hand goods are rarely taken to be any value in Bhutan, Nepal and India. I have observed only...

Bhutan walks down the ladder on trade

Bhutan’s huge national income from the sale of hydropower to India is almost consumed by the increasing trade deficit, which has grown by 3.5 times in the last fiscal year than that of a year before. Increased trade deficit from Nu 4 billion to Nu 14 billion within a...

Job hunt in Australia

It is almost six months that I became member of the Australian society. It was a mixture of excitement, hope, despair, loneliness and to some extent a bored life. Bhutanese resettled in Australia are luckier than those resettled in other countries in the sense that these Australian-Bhutanese have got...