How RTI will benefit Bhutan

June 2, 2012
If an argument had to be made in favor of the RTI Act in Bhutan then the Ministry of Health procurement scam would be an apt example. Due to corruption in the tendering process Bhutanese patients for years were subject to sub standard drugs and medical equipment. This was...

Are we ready for RTI yet?

May 31, 2012
Despite reservations on the part of the legislators, experts within the region think so 2-Day Awareness Seminar: Whether the time was right to introduce the right to information legislation in the country was what dominated the discussion at the ongoing two-day awareness seminar on RTI yesterday at Terma Lingka...

Nepal deteriorates

May 31, 2012
The sudden demise of the four-year old Constituent Assembly (CA) has created a political and constitutional vacuum in Nepal. Over two-dozen parties represented in the assembly, failed to reach any conclusion on some of the major constitutional provisions, despite intensive discussion and debates. The multi-party republican nation, which was...