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The Local Government Act of Bhutan (Dzongkha: འབྲུག་གི་ས་གནས་གཞུངས་སྤྱི་མོ་ཅན་མ་; Wylie: 'brug-gi sa-gans-gzhungs can-ma) was enacted on September 11, 2009, by parliament of Bhutan in order to further implement its program of decentralization and devolution of power and authority.
While Bhutan did not have a formal Constitution, the King believed all the principles and provisions of a Constitution were covered under the various written laws and legislation which guided the actions of the King and the functioning of the Royal Government, the judiciary, and the National Assembly of Bhutan.
In 1974, the Royal Government began experimenting with decentralization, devolving some governmental powers – including taxation – to the municipalities of Thimphu and Phuntsholing. [29] The Bhutanese government enacted major reforms to the tax structure in 1989 and again in 1992.
Bhutan's king appointed a nine-member interim government on Wednesday to oversee the Himalayan nation's parliamentary election, to be held within three months, a palace statement said. The free ...
Thromde administration is a product of the Bhutanese program of decentralization and devolution of power and authority. [1]: Preamble Thromdes are administered independently by a Thromde Tshogde if sufficiently developed and populated (Class A Thromdes); or directly by Dzongkhag Administration or the Gewog Administration as decided by the Government (Class B Thromdes and Yenlag Thromdes).
Department of Planning, Ministry of Finance, Royal Government of Bhutan. 2002. Archived from the original on 7 April 2005. "Five Year Plans (1st through 9th)". Planning Commission, Royal Government of Bhutan. Archived from the original on 27 May 2007. "Five Year Plans (1st through 10th)". Gross National Happiness Commission, Royal Government of ...
Bhutan became a member of the United Nations in 1971. In 1972, Jigme Singye Wangchuck ascended the throne at age 16. He emphasized modern education, decentralization of governance, the development of hydroelectricity and tourism and improvements in rural developments.
Under Bhutan's first government Act of decentralization, the Dzongkhag Yargay Tshogdu Chathrim of 2002 Dungpas were given a non-voting seat on the Dzongkhag Yargay Tshogdu. [1] Under the Local Government Act of 2007, dungkhags provided general administration and coordination for two or more gewogs.