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Bhutan Telecom |
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Drukair Corporation |
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Druk Green Power Corporation |
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Natural Resources Development Corporation |
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Bhutan Power Corporation
BPC was incorporated on July 1, 2002 and it is responsible for the distribution of safe, reliable, and affordable electricity to all Bhutanese households, and to provide transmission access for generating stations. It also wheels export power to India. BPC’s current focus is on increasing electricity coverage to achieve the national vision of “Electricity for All by 2013,” and improving the quality and reliability of its services, introducing new technology in areas of communications, energy dispatch and control, and developing human resources to meet future challenges.
Bhutan Telecom
The Department of Telecom was incorporated as Bhutan Telecom (BT) in July 2000 to provide ICT services in the country. BT offers fixed, mobile and internet services along with 58 other Value Added Services (VAS). It is the largest telecom company in Bhutan and has a total customer base of about 263,579 customers.
All 20 districts in Bhutan are connected by mobile services and 3G services are available in Thimphu.In the near future, all districts will have fiber-optic broadband connections. Bhutan has an excellent International Bandwidth connectivity link totaling 310 Mbps.
Drukair Corporation
Drukair is the national airline of the Kingdom of Bhutan. It started operations in 1983. Drukair operates flights to Bangkok, Kolkata, Bagdogra, Delhi, Bodhgaya, Kathmandu and Dhaka. Drukair has played a crucial role in supporting the Royal Government’s High Value Low Impact tourism policy and promoting Bhutan as an exclusive tourist destination by constantly improving access and connectivity into Bhutan.
Druk Green Power Corporation
Enterprises to achieve the goal of developing 10,000 MW by 2020.venture partner for projects that will be developed with the Indian Public Sectorhydropower potential of about 30,000 MW. DGPC is the Bhutanese jointkey mandates is to accelerate the development of Bhutan’s hugeBesides operating and maintaining these hydropower plants, one of DGPC’sproject in April 2009, the total installed capacity of DGPC is 1,480 MW.MW) and Chhukha (336 MW). With the addition of the 1,020 MW Tala Hydroelectricamalgamating three hydropower companies – Basochhu (64 MW), Kurichhu (60DGPC is a hydropower generating company that was formed on January 1, 2008 by 2020.
Natural Resource Development Corporation
NRDC is responsible for the extraction of construction materials like timber, sand, and stone and ensuring that they are made available at affordable prices in a fair and equitable manner. The extraction of these natural resources is done in close consultation with the Royal Government to ensure long-term sustainability.
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