The ninth session of the Parliament, which has commenced from June 8, has been underway. This is the second last session of the House for the existing lawmakers.
To be ended with annual budget for 2012-2013, the ninth session would last for a month.
In its opening session, King Jigme Khesar and the Queen also joined the parliamentarians and wished a fruitful House session, which is scheduled to deliberate various eight bills, four reports and three conventions.
The Parliament will discuss domestic violence prevention bill, land bill, road bill, education city bill, and disaster management bill among others.
Prime Minister Jigmi Y Thinley will also present state of the nation report in the House that will also see annual budget presentation by the Finance Minister, and separate annual reports of audit and anti-corruption.
The House is also discussing SAARC Seed Bank Convention, Nagoya Protocol and the Cape Town Convention, and aircraft protocol.
Addressing the opening session, PM Thinley thanked the King for his occasional visits to various schools. He also mentioned that the scholarship program funded by the royal family would assist students whose parents are financially weak.
According to him, Bhutan has loans for repayment that has caused the Rupee crunch in the nation, and accused people of promoting unwanted expenditures.
The Prime Minister also thanked the Government of India for the 10 billion loan at a subsidized interest rate of 5.
