As per the GST (Amendment) Act of Bhutan 2026, exemptions expanded from 9 to about 32 items — retroactively effective from 18 May 2026 with active enforcement starting 25–26 June 2026.https://www.drc.gov.bt/wp-content/uploads/2026/06/GST_Public_Notification_2026.pdf Newly exempted:

19 categories of cooking oils (soybean, palm, sunflower, mustard, sesame, coconut, etc.) More rice varieties — husked brown rice, red rice (Yeechum), semi-milled and wholly milled rice Butter Motorised/automatic wheelchairs (manual ones were already exempt) Salt, sanitary napkins, and diapers carried over from the original list

Cheku 39 mins ago The Table heading (Socio-Economic Indicators — Annual Education Statistics 2022 (Table E)), reflects the report heading: https://education.gov.bt/download/annual-education-statistics-2022/ and the data year is mostly for 2017. In this report, they have compiled the data from different sources including from 2017 PHCB. Do we reflect the primary source such as the 2017 PHCB? If we intend to have the updated data for 2022, we have data from 2022 BLSS.

All individuals who have civil registration in the rural areas are included. In other words, someone living in an urban area but his civil registration in his village is being included.

Govt provides 100 units of free electricity for rural households and 200 units for highlanders.