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January 25, 2021

Why Bhutan red rice. Is white rice bad for you?
Bhutanese red rice, is a native variety of medium-grain variety grown mostly in the western regions of the country. It is mostly grown in Paro, Punakha and Wangduephodrang valleys in Bhutan. It has a deep red color that fades to light pink when cooked. The red rice has a complex, earthy and nutty flavor, and each serving is nutrient-rich.
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January 20, 2021

The business of Lemongrass in Bhutan
Lemongrass (cymbopogon bhutanicus) grows abundantly under the Chirpine forest of Eastern Bhutan. Here, Collectors from Phuensum Community Forest Group under Mongar District; are using traditional methods for sustainable harvesting from the wild and Distillers using stainless steel and firewood to distill the essential oil. Citral% of the oil is above 70%. Bio Bhutan a firm based in the capital Thimphu, facilitates and markets the oil.
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January 18, 2021

Startups from Bhutan participate in India's Largest Startup Summit 2021 | Parambh
The two-day long virtual summit will bring together over 200 marquee speakers from around the world and India, facilitate discussions on technologies, innovation, robust policies, and initiatives, enable government and international organisations to share their views and set on fire the minds of young Indian entrepreneurs, driving them to solve the problems and challenges that matter, not just for India but also for the entire world.
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December 21, 2020

CSI Market Launched
The Department of Cottage and Small Industry (DCSI) inaugurated the first cottage and small industry (CSI) market yesterday at Changzamtog, Thimphu. CSI market will sell more than 200 local products. The CSI market is a platform for entrepreneurs to market...
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November 25, 2020

CORDYCEP SINENSIS IN BHUTAN
Cordycep sinensis is known as yar-tsa- guen-bub which means ‘summer grass, winter insect’. Yar-tsa- guen-bub is a unique combination of a yellow caterpillar and a fungus. Indians call it keera jhar and the Chinese call it dong cong xia cao which translates literally as "worm in winter, plant in summer", and is commonly abbreviated as dong cong cao.
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November 8, 2020

Bhutan's Trade deficit improves by -32.42 % in 2020
A National Statistics Bureau report shows that Bhutan’s trade deficit improved by -32.42 percent last year. The trade balance in current prices was recorded at a deficit of Nu 29.124 billion (B) in 2019, which accounted for 16.34 percent of...
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October 17, 2020

Thinkers say tough road awaits Bhutan’s economic recovery
Bhutan has a tough road post-Covid-19 economic recovery, as India is one of the hardest hit economies. This is according to the chief of Global Economic Monitoring at the UN Department of Economic and Social Affairs (UN-DESA), Hamid Rashid, one...
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October 3, 2020

Digital payments on the rise in Bhutan | Local ecommerce business picks up
Digital payment transactions have seen a significant jump amid the Covid-19 pandemic, according to the Royal Monetary Authority’s (RMA) report on the Covid-19 impact on Payments in Bhutan. The economy recorded 29.5 million (M) domestic retail payment transactions from January...
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September 5, 2020

GDP slumps to negative 6.7 in August
As feared, the economy is at its worse and the Gross Domestic Product (GDP), the conventional yardstick to measure growth, slumped to its lowest in August registering a growth of negative 6.7 percent.
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