Planning commission, RAC dissolved

Thimphu, August 08: The government has formally dissolved the planning commission and the Royal Advisory Council after the seven ministers, who were member of the commission, resigned from their positions.

The dissolution came into effect from Monday. Along with the planning commission, royal advisory committee has also been dissolved.

Aid coordination, previously looked after by the department of aid and debt management, will be managed by the commission secretariat until the commission is reconstituted after the general election next year.

After the dissolution of the commission, department of public account is empowered to take over the charge of external debt management, being carried out by the commission.

The commission was established during the beginning of the second five year plan to coordinate the development activities. The RAC was established in 1965 to advise king on day to day activities. Bhutan News Service