Bhutan in 1997: striving for stability

Asian Survey

Volumn 38, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 155-160

  Priesner, Stefan ^a  

^a UNITED NATIONS DEVELOPMENT PROGRAMME   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DOMESTIC POLITICS; ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT; ECONOMIC PERFORMANCE; POLITICAL DEVELOPMENT; POPULAR MOVEMENTS;

BHUTAN;

EID: 0031706122     PISSN: 00044687     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/2645673     Document Type: Article

References (13)

1. This would quadruple the country's hydropower production. Presently, export of energy from Chhukha hydropower station (336 MW) constitutes almost one-third of Bhutan's internal revenue.
2. Bhutan National Assembly, speech by Planning Minister C. Dorji, 75th session of the National Assembly.
3. Kuensel, January 11, 1997.
4. Ibid., November 8 and also November 15, 1997.
5. "A Significant Resolution," ibid., July 5, 1997.
6. According to the government, "relative" covers only direct relations, that is, parents, siblings, and children, while ngolop means a person indulging in anti-national activities and not all persons in the refugee camps.
7. Kuensel, February 15, 1997.
8. According to an Indian weekly, ULFA has 450 militants in Bhutan. Sunday, October 5-11, 1997. The Telegraph claimed that a total of 20 camps are sheltering 2,500 militants on Bhutanese territory. Telegraph (Calcutta), October 20, 1997.
9. According to an Indian weekly, ULFA has 450 militants in Bhutan. Sunday, October 5-11, 1997. The Telegraph claimed that a total of 20 camps are sheltering 2,500 militants on Bhutanese territory. Telegraph (Calcutta), October 20, 1997.
10. "Himalayan Great Game," Bertil Lintner, Nation, April 25, 1997.
11. The rebel groups are allegedly funding themselves by extorting Assamese companies and businesses. ULFA is believed to raise between Rs 30 and 40 crore (US$8.6 to 11.4 million) annually. One of the Bodo militant groups, the National Democratic Front of Bodoland, reportedly collected "taxes" of Rs 44.3 million (US$1.3 million) in 1996-97 (Sunday, October 5-11, 1997).
12. Kuensel, October 4, 1997.
13. Royal Government of Bhutan, Ministry of Home Affairs, "Report to the 73rd National Assembly: About Rongthong Kuenley," August 1995.